Posted: Jun 21, 2019
Rain overnight into Friday morning has been credited with helping to fight the fire in the Finely area.
Benton County Fire District No. 1, Ron Fryer, said the fire was at 75-percent containment at about 7:10 a.m. Friday morning.
The number of fire fighters working the area has been reduced.
About 75 acres have burned in total.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2019 4:54:06 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV NBC 4
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Posted: Jun 20, 2019
Firefighters from the Yakima Training Center and other agencies were battling a brush fire that had scorched about 3,500 acres Thursday evening.
Dubbed the Alkali Canyon Fire, it was burning approximately 2 miles north of Priests Rapid Dam and is within the boundaries of the training center, said Mike Daniels, deputy to the garrison commander.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 6:40:33 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site
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Posted: Jun 20, 2019
Crews from various firefighting jurisdictions participated in a fire protection project along the Malaga-Alcoa Highway just southeast of Wenatchee on Thursday.
Chelan County Fire District 1 Chief Brian Brett says a partnership with Chelan County Fire District 3, Alcoa and the Department of Natural Resources allowed a fire line dig spanning over one mile from the Alcoa entrance spanning a mile past the electric substation.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 3:56:08 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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