Firefighters keep battling Vantage fire, Lind fire out
Fire damage to roughly 2,500 acres south of Lind. Contained on Friday, the fire broke out on Thursday and prompted officials at one point to issue an evacuation order for the entire town.
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Multiple aircraft have been called in to fight the Vantage Highway fire north and west of Vantage, on the west side of the Columbia River. Firefighting officials said the fire, which began last week, is about 75% contained as of Monday afternoon.
Washington Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Hilary Franz discusses the state's fire season during a press conference Friday morning. Franz said spring rains have added fuel to the landscape in the form of brush growth that has dried over the summer, making for potentially dangerous fire conditions.
GRANT COUNTY — While the fire that threatened the Adams County town of Lind has been extinguished, firefighters still continue to battle a fire in the hills north of Vantage and have that blaze 75% contained, according to a spokesperson for the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
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