They thought the fire in Finley was out. They were wrong.

What started as burning some yard waste ended badly for a family in Finley late Wednesday.

Firefighters suspect a small burn pile wasn’t extinguished well enough when it was left unattended about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday night, said Tracy Baker, Benton County Fire District 1’s public information officer.

An ember blew into some debris near a shop, reigniting the fire on South Nine Canyon Road southeast of Kennewick.

Flames spread to the shop and torched a camper.

A family of four in a nearby mobile home and a woman in the fifth-wheel camper managed to escape but some dogs in the camper died.

Firefighters with Franklin County Fire District 3, Pasco and Kennewick helped fight the blaze.

Crews remained on the scene until 1 a.m. sorting through piles of debris to extinguish any hotspots.

This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 9:01 AM with the headline "They thought the fire in Finley was out. They were wrong.."