The Carlton Complex fire burned across hundreds of sites that were previously thinned or burned, offering a testbed for the researchers to analyze whether the work helped reduce fire impacts in those areas during the megafire. “Those images will never leave me,” said Pateros Mayor Carlene Anders.
The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in state history. 1509.

Carlton Complex Fire survivors fail in suit against DNR. With Tamar Behl, Cloudbird Bonin, Jeff Lyman, Maeyowa. The four fires merged on July 17th and continued to burn until August 25th. The Carlton Complex fire burned more than 250,000 acres of land in Okanogan County located in North Central Washington in the summer of 2014.
The researchers used satellite images of burn severity to examine how past fuel treatments performed in the context of this extreme wildfire event. Five years later, the Carlton Complex is still the single largest fire in Washington state’s history. The 256,108 acre Carlton Complex Fire started on July 14, 2014, by lightning from a weather system that moved through the Methow Valley. The flames burned hot and fast, leaving blackened stands of trees in their wake. Carlton Complex Fire now largest in Washington state history The wildfire in north-central Washington is now the largest fire in state history, burning almost 380 square miles. On one day, the fire that would become the Carlton Complex quickly spread through the forest, onto rangelands and into the town of Pateros, along the Columbia River. By. Directed by Scott Lyman.

This film reveals eyewitness accounts and tells the stories of locals that were affected by the disaster. A firefighter works to create a controlled burn with a torch while battling the Carlton Complex Fire near Winthrop, Wash., July 19, 2014. Firefighters deployed on the Carlton Complex Fire, DNR staff, former Okanogan County District 6 Fire Chief Don Waller, and personnel with the regional dispatch center were all deposed in the case. A view near Loup Loup Pass showing the impacts of the Carlton Complex wildfire in 2014. Tweet on Twitter. The Carlton Complex fire burned more than 250,000 acres of land in Okanogan County located in North Central Washington in the summer of 2014. SPOKANE — A lawsuit against the state from the survivors of the 2014 Carlton Complex Fires was dismissed Tuesday in the Washington Court of Appeals. The Carlton Complex started as four fires: the Stokes Fire, the Gold Hikes Fire, the French Creek Fire and the Cougar Flat fire. Tyler Tjomsland is a Spokane, Washington based photojournalist. Directed by Scott Lyman. The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in state history. It has closed gas stations and shut down ATMs in north-central Washington. Jefferson Robbins - 03/18/2020. With Tamar Behl, Cloudbird Bonin, Jeff Lyman, Maeyowa. The Carlton Complex fire, the most destructive wildfire currently burning in the Northwest, has left thousands of people without air conditioning and refrigeration. The Carlton Complex Fire began as four separate lightning-ignited fires on July 14th, 2014. They described extreme fire conditions that July, when the four fires that merged into the Carlton Complex started. At the time, it became the biggest fire in Washington’s recent history, burning more than 250,000 acres, destroying more than 300 homes. This film reveals eyewitness accounts and tells the stories of locals that were affected by the disaster. Tyler Tjomsland is a Spokane, Washington based photojournalist. 2014 Carlton Complex.