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Lower Crab Creek fire out, others still burning

by JOEL MARTIN
Staff Writer | June 27, 2023 1:30 AM

BEVERLY — A wildfire that blazed up east of Beverly over the weekend is out, according to Grant County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kyle Foreman.

The fire consumed about 65 acres, according to Neil Vargas, assistant chief for Grant County Fire District 10, which responded to the blaze. There were no injuries, Vargas added. No further information was available Monday afternoon, as Bureau of Land Management personnel were on the scene and no report had been made yet.

These wildfires were also burning in Washington as of Monday afternoon, according to the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Service and the NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations:

• Drumheller, between Moses Lake and Ephrata: 929 acres. Fire started June 14. 25% contained.

• Oasis, about seven miles west of Touchet: 4,250 acres. Fire started June 19. 100% contained.

• South Satus, about 14 miles southeast of Toppenish: 997 acres. Fire started June 13. 100% contained.

• Hansen Road, about one mile south of Benton City: 6,289 acres. Fire started June 13. 100% contained.

• Ruppert Road, about three miles north of Benton City: 155 acres. Fire started June 13. 100% contained.

• Hover Park, three miles southeast of Finley, 528 acres. Fire started June 13. 100% contained.

• Sutherland, about 10 miles west of Port Angeles: 108 acres. Fire started June 17. 90% contained.

• Old Naches, about one mile southeast of Naches: 645 acres. Fire started June 7. 0% contained.