Fire crews were kept busy in the region over the weekend. On Friday afternoon, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue crews dealt with a large grass fire in the area of 16th and Kelly. Saturday in the Tygh Valley area a fire in the vicinity of J Hix Road west of Highway 197 burned just over 19 acres. And on Sunday there were a number of fire starts reported in Klickitat and Skamania counties in the aftermath of Saturday night’s major thunderstorm after numerous lightning strikes. No major fires were reported as a result.