YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Winds eased around midnight, allowing bulldozers to push a line about 2 a.m. Monday in front of a wildfire that has burned about 15 square miles or 10,000 acres near Yakima, in central Washington
West Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Dave Leitch (leech) says the fire is not secure and still burning in pockets, including some stacks of apple bins at orchards.
Leitch said about 100 firefighters from across the state are on their way to help about 200 mostly volunteer and local firefighters who responded after the fire started Sunday in grass and brush about 10 miles west of Yakima. The fast-moving fire destroyed an engine. Three firefighters had minor injures. Three homes and a number of sheds and other outbuildings have burned.
