Fire report: Burn barrel triggers wildfire near Ephrata
A burn barrel ignited a 10-acre wildfire Monday southwest of Ephrata. Burn barrels are illegal in Washington and have been since 2000.
COURTESY PHOTO/GRANT COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 13
EPHRATA — A 10-acre wildfire started Monday evening after an unsupervised burn barrel spread to nearby vegetation in the area of Naylor Junction, southwest of Ephrata, according to a statement from Grant County Fire District 13. A quick response had the wind-driven fire contained within 20 minutes of the call, but mopping up took two-plus hours for 10 trucks. Nothing was damaged, although if the fire had gone unreported or unchecked several minutes longer property damage would have likely resulted, the district wrote.
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