By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The National Weather Service says strong winds, low humidity and high temperatures in the mountains including the Central Cascades create the potential today for any fire to spread quickly.
The forecast for today and tomorrow is in the low to mid-90s from Chehalis through Packwood.
A so-called red flag warning issued on Sunday for much of the Washington and Oregon Cascades was renewed yesterday and could be extended another day, according to the weather service.
“Expect wild fires to ignite easily, spread rapidly and burn with great intensity,” fire analysts with the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland stated in a news release.
Burn bans are in effect.
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