Suspicious blaze destroys Badger Canyon home

Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that destroyed a manufactured home west of Kennewick

Firefighters arrived at 53805 95 PR SE about 10 p.m. Tuesday to find it engulfed in flames, said Tracy Baker, Benton County Fire District 1 public information officer.

No one was living there and the electricity had been shut off for a few weeks, said Baker.

The fire brightened the night sky along the rural road that parallels Badger Road.

The home sits in the middle of brush land, and firefighters kept it from spreading into nearby grass and sagebrush.

Benton County fire districts 2 and 4 helped.

This story was originally published July 25, 2018 at 9:23 AM.