Big Horn Fire Expands In Strong Winds

Strong westerly winds Wednesday afternoon expanded the Big Horn Fire in eastern Klickitat County on the southwest corner in the Pine Creek Drainage and then to the east towards the Alderdale area.  That led to the size of the fire going into the night increasing by nearly 20,000 acres to 32,886.  The Southeast Incident Management Type 3 Team in command of the fire said a significant number of aircraft were utilized to slow progression.  Klickitat County Emergency Management officials today placed Roosevelt, West Roosevelt, Bickleton, and Cleveland on Level 2 “Get Set” evacuation advisories, with Level 1 “Get Ready” for north to the Klickitat County/Yakima County line and west to Rock Creek.  Highway 14 is closed from Roosevelt to Alderdale Road.  Dry weather conditions are expected to continue Thursday, with gusty winds by afternoon.  Fire officials say there is now 5% containent on the fire, and confirmed four structures have been damaged, but didn’t have any other details on what kind of buildings they were.

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