A fire apparently started by a train Saturday night burned 250 acres along the tracks running parallel to Canal Drive and Highway 240 in Kennewick, said Chris Hutsell, acting captain for Kennewick Fire Station 2.
The fire started about 8:30 p.m. as a result of sparks from a passing train, officials said.
No one was injured and one private shed was partially damaged, Hutsell said.
Crews from Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, Benton County fire districts 1 and 4, Walla Walla Fire District 5 and Franklin County Fire District 3 responded with 16 engines and 40 to 50 firefighters, Kennewick fire officials said.
Officials were on the scene until about 4 a.m. and monitored the site again late Sunday morning to make sure all hot spots were out, Hutsell said.
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Hundreds of residents in the south-central part of the state have been evacuated because of the fire, which has burned more than 6 square miles in an area about 20 miles north of the Columbia River and 10 miles north of the city of Goldendale.
Firefighters gained some ground Friday and the fire was 20 percent contained. More accurate mapping reduced the fire's overall size to 4,215 acres, or more than 6 square miles.
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The two wildfires that burned south of Finley on Friday night had suspicious origins, officials said.
One of the fires charred 500 acres of wildland along Owens Road about one mile south of Highway 397, said Jack Coats, assistant chief and fire investigator for Benton County Fire District 1.
The other fire only burned about 5 acres near Meals Road and was quickly put out, he said.
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Two Finley families are homeless but unharmed after an early morning Thursday fire destroyed their mobile homes.
The fire apparently started on the porch of a double-wide home in Kelley's Estates, 218406 Highway 397.
High winds then spread the flames to a neighbor's single-wide home, said Benton Fire District 1 Capt. Jeff Ripley.
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Firefighters have doused a five-acre fire in Pasco.
The blaze started about 1:45 p.m. and burned mostly tumbleweeds and sagebrush off East Superior Street and North Beech Avenue.
The fire caused between $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage to vinyl fencing behind about six homes, officials said.
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Firefighters battled a garage fire Wednesday afternoon in Kennewick that displaced a family with seven children.
The fire started about 3:45 p.m. in the home's attached garage at 1809 S. Rainier St.
Kenneth and Melisa Stenersen and their seven children live in the home. The Stenersens smelled the smoke and called for help.
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