Crime & Safety
Wildfire Near Hanford Reach Now 15,000 Acres: BLM
The Cold Creek Fire is burning close to where this week's Powerline Fire broke out.
DESERT AIRE, WA — A wildfire burning near the Hanford Reach National Monument had grown to about 15,000 acres as of Friday morning, according to the Bureau of Land Management, but was thought to be about 40 percent contained.
The Cold Creek Fire is burning in a hilly, desolate area south of the Columbia River and west of the communities of Susie and Willa.
The state Department of Natural Resources first reported the fire burning across 1,000 acres at around 4 p.m. Thursday. The fire quickly grew to 8,000 acres by 6 p.m.
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The Cold Creek Fire is burning south of where the now-contained Powerline Fire broke out earlier this week near Mattawa.
New #ColdCreekFire over on the east side in Benton County is visible from #GOES satellite this afternoon. If you look closely, you can see how the fire progresses & the charred ground left behind. Just to the NW is the burn scar from #PowerlineFire. #wawx #WaWildfire pic.twitter.com/D2QBWTns7B
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) July 18, 2019
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