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The alert due to smoke and haze has been extended.

(Kennewick, WA) -- Benton County Fire District No. 1 was called to a natural cover fire Sunday around 5:39 pm that occurred in the area of East. Bateman Road and Bofer Canyon Road. Officials say the fire was caused by a downed power line. The fire was called in by an off-duty Kennewick firefighter...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Benton County Fire District One responded to a brush fire around 8:48am Wednesday after a brush fire was reported on Bowels Road in Finley. The fire burned about 10 vehicles that were inoperable. According to a statement from BCFD 1, firefighters will be on the scene for the next few hours to ensure all of the affected vehicles are out...

No mention yet of the cause of the fire, but a home badly damaged by fireworks July 4 catches fire again in Walla Walla

(Richland, WA) -- Around 20 acres of grassland burned just yards from several homes in the Jason Loop area near the Queensgate Shopping Center Saturday Night. Richland Fire Department says around 15-20 homes were threatened, and residents had to be evacuated...

UPDATE 8:33-The County Courthouse is closed due to the active fire at the Pendleton Flour Mill. State Court operations will be moving to the courthouse in Hermiston, 915 SE columbia Drive. (Pendleton, OR) -- An early morning fire that burned for hours has destroyed the Pendleton Flour Mill...

Evacuations issued for anyone south of Highway 21, which runs right through town East to West

Fire destroyed 30 by 100-foot storage building west of the clubhouse.

Battery overheated and triggered fire in pumphouse

A large brush fire triggered by sparks.