Vantage Highway fire causes haze, threatens 40 structures
A firefighting airplane takes a run over the Columbia River near Frenchman Coulee early Tuesday afternoon. The fire has burned an estimated 8,000 acres so far and firefighting agencies from across the state have been activated to fight the blaze.
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A boat filled with first responders travels down the Columbia River while the Vantage Highway fire burns in the background, near the shore. A wide array of firefighting apparatus are being utilized to fight the fire, including boats, planes, firetrucks and helicopters.
A helicopter takes off from the gravel lot in front of the fire station in Vantage. The line attached to the bottom of the aircraft is attached to a bucket used to pull water from the nearby Columbia River to dump on the fire.
Kittitas County fire apparatus stand ready at the fire station in Vantage, just across the river from Grant County on I-90.
A haze of smoke hovers over fields of crops south of George early Tuesday afternoon. The source of the fire is across the Columbia River and is not expected to jump the river at this time. Officials said the fire is going north along the western edge of the waterway.
VANTAGE — A fire is burning on the western side of the Columbia River north of Vantage along the Vantage Highway, leading to the mobilization of state resources to combat the roughly 10,500-acre blaze which threatened about 40 structures Monday.
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