Firefighters Spend Night Mopping Up Sherman County Fire

Firefighters spent the night mopping up a fire between Biggs and Rufus that destroyed one home on Wednesday.  Sherman County Emergency Services Director Shawn Payne says the fire that started around 12:50 p.m. Wednesday near an abandoned apartment building in Biggs.  It burned about two-and-a-half miles east of Biggs and a half-mile to the south, as the fire was pushed by high winds.  Payne says only one home burned, displacing a couple who were assisted by the American Red Cross in The Dalles.  Several outbuildings were destroyed, as was the old Dinty’s Motel building near where the fire started.  Payne said an investigator from the state fire marshal’s office found the fire was human caused but not intentionally set, with a dropped cigarette a possibility.  Fifty firefighters had battled the blaze at its peak, with crews from Klickitat, Wasco, and Gilliam counties assisting Sherman County fire personnel.

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