Crash Triggers Brush Fire, Destroys Driver's Car Near Prosser
Sunday night, car failed to negotiate a corner, crashes and triggers fire
brush fire
Car Fire Closes Highway 730 at Washington-Oregon State Line
(Hermiston, OR) -- Umatilla County Fire District #1 was called to a motor vehicle accident on Highway 730 near Sand Station. Upon arrival crews found the vehicle in a ditch engulfed in flames. Crews quickly ran a hose line to suppress the fire from spreading into the brush...
Fire Burns Along I-82 Near Prosser
(Prosser, WA) -- A 500-600 acre brush fire burned along I-82 about 5 miles east of Prosser Saturday afternoon. The fire, the origins of which are unclear, began to burn in standing wheat in a large field above the freeway. The flames were close the actual shoulder of the road, but Benton County Fire District Two's Mike McKenna told Newsradio they did not believe it would be necessary to close the
Fire Burns 70 Acres, One Building in Kennewick
(Kennewick, WA) -- Crews from around the Tri-Cities raced to the scene of a brush fire that ignited along the side of I-82 Thursday afternoon. The fire quickly grew to 70 acres in size and crossed over into a nearby commercial/industrial park where it set a building housing foam insulation and industrial adhesives ablaze...
Brush Fire Forces Finley Neighborhood to Standby to Evacuate
(Finley, WA) -- Crews from Benton County Fire District One responded to a wildland fire burning in some grass and olive trees off Meals and Piert Roads Saturday afternoon. The fire, which initial estimates put at 100 acres started just before noon and quickly grew in size...
Brush Fire in Benton County Burns 115 Acres
(Kennewick, WA) -- Benton County Fire District One was called to a brush fire Thursday morning just before 11:30am off East Locust Grove Road and South Edwards Road. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the blaze burning both brush and grass...
Fire Crews Quell Brush Fire Along I-82
KENNEWICK, Wash.--Crews raced to the scene of a brush fire Monday afternoon, right along I-82 at the Finley exit. The blaze broke out around 1:20pm and several crews immediately began to battle the thick smoke and flames that arose from the scene
...
Gunfire ignites fourth major brush fire
Target shooting is being blamed for a fire that burned 266 acres on BLM land in Franklin County Wednesday. Benton County Fire District 3 chief Mike Harris says gunfire is to blame for all four major brush fires in the region this summer.
"He had a good backstop, somewhat of a clear area, he did have a shovel and water," Harris said...