FIRE REPORT: Combine tractor ignites, burns wheat near Coulee City
While no buildings were lost, this equipment barn near Coulee City was singed by the wheat field fire near Coulee City Tuesday. More than 350 acres of crops were destroyed by the blaze.
R. HANS MILLER/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Charred stalks of wheat sit before a tilled fire break and clumps of unburned wheat in a field near Coulee City just off Road J, south of State Route 2.
GRAND COULEE — A vegetation fire started shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday near G Road in Douglas County, near Coulee City. The fire was caused by a combine tractor igniting. The combine fire spread to the crop of wheat and burned about 350 acres.
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