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People are still asked to keep their distance from the fire area due to falling debris.

The fire on the south side of Lake Whatcom could burn until heavy rains arrive, a DNR spokesman said.

People are asked to keep their distance from the fire while on lake to avoid falling debris.

And that causes the perfect storm for this fire because it helps it spread really, really quickly. and that's when you have people trying to leave this area and not having enough time. already more than 17,000 acres have burned. and officials say it is a direct result of climate change. there are 55 structures that are destroyed, as crews continue that assessment. those numbers continue to go up. but they do say they're making progress. they say yesterday they were able to dump 300,000 gallons of water. we now have a lot of resources here. they have 24 helicopters, 302 engines, 82 bulldozers, ...

The fire grew to 4,261 acres and was 23% contained, authorities said.