brush fire

The fire is now 8% contained with little growth from Wednesday to Thursday. The fire is currently at 7,893 acres.

The blaze, The Lookout Point Fire, reported at about 2:30 pm caused power outages in Yakima and Selah.

In fact Officials at Yakima Valley Emergency Management issued a Level 3 evacuation notice for the Selah Creek area east of Highway 821.

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Pierce says all the forecasts are calling for warm and dry conditions for the summer of 2019 so they're preparing now for what could be another rough fire season just like 2018.

Authorities say the fire was reported at about 1:30 p.m. near Lucas Road. Numerous fire departments and a helicopter from the training center have been battling the blaze.

As firefighters in Central Washington continue the battle on the ground against the Range 12 Fire, many are also fighting the fire from the air and monitoring the situation. That's the case for Sgt. Cameron M. Jackson, a flight medic for the U...

Updated June 20, 6:30 a.m. A brush fire northwest of Yakima was doused by firefighters Thursday afternoon.

A West Valley brush fire that started Thursday afternoon on Cottonwood Canyon Road was doused by firefighters, but the 30 to 40 acre fire spread quickly up the hillside anyway due to the dry sage fuel and wind conditions. "This is a dangerous fire;  this sage on this hill is old growth...

Even though it was hot and dry and plenty of people were lighting fireworks no major fires were reported in the valley during the 4th of July. A small fire was reported in the Moxee area, but firefighters were able to douse the flames after they burned about 5 acres and so far no major fireworks related injuries have been reported in Yakima as well...