Ian Rose<p>The Tunnel 5 fire (Columbia River gorge / Skamania County, Washington) has burned at least 10 homes, threatens 250, and has already evacuated 1,000 people. It's still growing.</p><p>The detail in this OPB story about the Girl Scout troop camping nearby sent a chill down my spine when I got to it, but they were safely evacuated.</p><p><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/03/wildfire-evacuations-underwood-washington-tunnel-5-fire-skamania-columbia-river-gorge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opb.org/article/2023/07/03/wil</span><span class="invisible">dfire-evacuations-underwood-washington-tunnel-5-fire-skamania-columbia-river-gorge/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Tunnel5Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnel5Fire</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a></p>