Miners Complex tops 500 acres in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

VELOT — Fire crews are battling a 500-acre complex of lightning-caused fires in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, which has prompted trail closures and warnings from the U.S. Forest Service.

The Miners Complex is burning about 21 miles east of Darrington in the Upper Suiattle Valley, along the Snohomish County and Chelan County border as of Sunday. Photos provided by the Forest Service showed clouds of smoke. The fires are in “extremely steep and rugged terrain” a Forest Service press release said.

No homes are threatened as of Sunday afternoon, the Forest Service said.

The Miners Complex consists of nine wildfires caused by lightning strikes in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The fires included in the complex are: Miners fire, Vista Ridge fire, Dolly Creek fire, Sulphur Three fire, Sulphur Four fire, Sulphur Thirty-Four fire, Upper Sulphur Thirty-Two fire, Lower Sulphur Thirty-Two fire and the Plummer Fire.

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