We saw the plume of smoke over the Olympics too – looks like it’s a new (or newly flared-up) forest fire; checking to see if it’s the “Hopper” fire listed here, researching to find out more – that’s the only one in the Olympics, according to this list. Meantime, thanks to Shannon for sending the above photo, just as we were publishing the first version of this item. (And thanks to everyone else who’s sent photos since; here’s more information on the area where it’s burning, Mount Hopper.) 11:12 PM: By all accounts, it IS the Mt. Hopper fire. Turns out KING5 went over and shot video via chopper on Friday – see it here. The fire’s official infopage says “fire managers” plan a flyover tomorrow to assess it again. Also, here’s a somewhat-more-zoomed-in photo taken from Alki by David Hutchinson:
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