FIRE REPORT: Local fire causes road closure, lightning storm causes 9 WA fires
The Miners Complex fires consist of nine different wildfires started by a lightning storm that caused 1,000 lightning strikes. The fire is located in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is 500 acres and not contained.
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EPHRATA — Grant County Fire District 13 and Ephrata firefighters dealt with a 25-acre burn near Highway 28 and Road E NW Sunday, closing Highway 28 at Naylor Junction and Neva Lake Road. By 5:14 p.m. the fire was handled, and by 5:35 p.m. the highway was reopened. Fire is inferred to have been sparked by a bird on a power line, and was wind driven.
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