Sy Bean The Seattle Times At least 1,500 people have been evacuated in the Chelan area and the city of Chelan remains ... end and spreading into Douglas County. The fires are threatening hundreds ...

Downtown Chelan, a resort city on the southern shore of Lake Chelan. It has about 3,900 residents. City of Chelan Courtesy Chelan is a three-and-a-half to four-hour drive from western Washington ...