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Coordinates: 46°35′13″N 119°58′37″W / 46.587°N 119.977°W / 46.587; -119.977
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Range 12 Fire

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Range 12 Fire
Date(s)July 30 – August 8, 2016
LocationBenton County and Yakima County, Washington
Coordinates46°35′13″N 119°58′37″W / 46.587°N 119.977°W / 46.587; -119.977
Statistics
Burned area176,600 acres (71,500 ha; 275.9 sq mi)
Impacts
Damage$1.7 million (equivalent to $2.2 million in 2023)
Ignition
CauseLive fire exercise
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The Range 12 Fire was a wildfire that burned 176,600 acres (71,500 ha) in Benton and Yakima County, Washington, United States, from July 30 to August 8, 2016. No injuries or fatalities resulted from the fire, although one outbuilding was damaged. The fire threatened the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and burnt parts of the Hanford Reach National Monument and the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve. Over 400 personnel from various federal, state, and local agencies and organizations responded to contain and extinguish the fire, which costed $1.7 million (equivalent to $2.2 million in 2023). The wildfire was the third largest in the 2016 United States wildfire season, behind the Anderson Creek Fire and the Pioneer Fire.

The fire was caused by a round of ammunition from machine gun fire that landed and ignited brush at the Yakima Training Center during a live fire exercise. Hot, dry, and windy conditions in the area caused the fire to spread rapidly until it was primarily contained on August 2. Following the fire in 2018, a lawsuit was filed by ranchers in the area whose property was damaged by the fire against the personnel at the Yakima Training Center, but was dismissed due to questions of jurisdiction.

Background

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Wildfires are a natural part of the ecological cycle of the Northwestern United States,[1]: 3–6  but human-induced climate change has caused them to increase in number, destructiveness, duration, and frequency.[2] Fire suppression efforts can also have the contradictory effect of worsening the effects of fires that do occur.[3] The Range 12 Fire was one of 1,272 wildfires that burned 293,717 acres (118,863 ha) in Washington in 2016.[4] The National Interagency Fire Center predicted a typical wildfire season for the state of Washington.[5] Despite an early start, the 2016 season was milder in both total wildfires and acreage burned compared to the 2015 wildfire season.[6] Prior to the live fire exercise on July 30, the National Weather Service had issued a red flag warning the day before for high wind gusts and low relative humidity in the area.[7]

Fire

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At approximately 4:40 pm (PST), July 30, 2016, during a live fire exercise at the Yakima Training Center, a bullet from machine-gun fire had ricocheted and landed on brush, igniting the fire.

References

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pyne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Focus on Western Wildfires". Fifth National Climate Assessment. National Climate Assessment. Archived from the original on December 22, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Extreme Events: Wild & Forest Fire". Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  4. ^ "Northwest Annual Fire Report 2016" (PDF). Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. February 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook". National Interagency Fire Center. May 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  6. ^ Le, Phuong (May 22, 2016). "Washington's wildfire season gets off to abrupt, early start". KIRO-TV. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "$15M lawsuit filed over wildfire that threatened Hanford". Tri-City Herald. January 26, 2018. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

Other sources

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Category:2016 Washington (state) wildfires Category:July 2016 events in the United States Category:August 2016 events in the United States