Wildfire smoke closes schools in Index, Sultan
SULTAN — In what was likely the Sultan School District’s first ever closure due to wildfire smoke, school officials called off classes for Monday as smoke from the 7,600-acre Bolt Creek wildfire flooded the Skykomish River valley.
The district was one of two in Snohomish County that closed on Monday. The other, Index School District, closed as a direct result of the fire and evacuation orders.
“We are following the leadership of the emergency management for Snohomish County,” Index Superintendent Brad Jernberg wrote in an email to The Daily Herald on Monday. “We have cancelled school for (Monday and Tuesday). The power for the town of Index has been cut as a safety precaution at this point and we are at level three,” referring to a mandatory evacuation warning.
In Sultan, school officials notified parents of the smoke-related closure Sunday evening.
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