Log Yard Fire Threatens Spromberg Canyon

UPDATE 5pm

The fire burning in piles of logs in the old Brender log yard near Spromberg Canyon Road and Chumstick Highway north of Leavenworth has prompted evacuation notices for about 150 residences and a 3rd alarm from multiple Chelan County Fire Districts.

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has posted a Level 3 mandatory evacuation order from Sunitsch Canyon to Eagle Creek and all Spromberg Canyon.

The fire in the the Brender log yard is estomated at 40 acres as of 5pm and is considered at zero containment.  The effort right now is to prevent its spread according to Annie Schmidt with Chelan County Fire District 3

Forest service and DNR crews are working to contain the fire and local fire districts are working structure protection.

Local resident Mike Britt lives nearby and described what he saw before his home was under evacuation orders

The blaze started Tuesday around 12:40 p.m. No injuries have been reported.