Smoke From Underwood Fire Remains Visible

Klickitat County Emergency Management is advising that minor smoke from the site of the Underwood Fruit and Warehouse fire in Bingen will be visible for a couple of more days.  The fire that started early Wednesday morning is under control and contained in the building where it started.  Investigators are on site and the Bingen Fire Department is checking on conditions periodically.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.  Meanwhile, Underwood Fruit is looking to the future.  CEO Don Gibson says they have already begun planning to rebuild the packed fruit storage for a couple hundred thousand boxes, a state of the art pear packing line, and another small line for varietals that was lost to the fire.  Gibson notes the company recently purchased another five acres immediately to the east side of the Bingen site for expansion.

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