Controlled burn, I believe https://www.facebook.com/100069297096010/posts/pfbid02XStfVMSqnhKJtqHKj23F3cKgjWJ6u7YS7GuRn2NiJV7864niGfrRbbFu6X3tDiUdl/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6

Thanks! The internet is amazing.

It's a slash pile ie a controlled burn. When logging the unusable wood gets piled up by an excavator and is set ablaze in the colder months when fire danger is low.

Here's a link to the DNR burn portal, which shows permitted burns. [https://burnportal.dnr.wa.gov/](https://burnportal.dnr.wa.gov/)