HUNTERS — People living near a wildfire in a rural area of northeast Washington have been ordered to evacuate.
The wildfire had grown to about 350 acres by Monday morning. Janet Pearce with the Department of Natural Resources says they had no containment by 11:30 a.m.
Pearce says the agency’s earlier reports of 70 percent containment were incorrect.
The Spokesman-Review reports the fire was reported at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, according to Jill Jones of the Northeast Washington Interagency Communications Center.
Residents living near Bissell Road were told to leave the area immediately.
Jones says power outages were complicating matters. More than 900 customers along Highway 25, including the town of Hunters, are without power.
