Officials said they requested additional units after receiving the second call to help fight the blaze. Fire agencies who assisted include Benton County Fire District 1 and representatives from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.
According to officials, when fire crews arrived to the fire in the area of Canal Drive and Fisher Street there was around two acres of dry brush that was on fire. The fire was located between the railroad and Canal Drive. Fire crews said they were able to stop the spread of this fire quickly by using hose lines to douse the area with water.
Fire officials said when crews arrived to the second call, in the area of Arthur Street and Canal Drive, fire crews were able to control this fire quickly.
According to fire officials, the third fire was in the area of Deschutes Avenue and Quay Street. Benton County Fire District 1 was able to put out the flames without additional assistance.
According to officials, crews had a suspicion that a train caused the fire and called for the train to be stopped to prevent more fires from igniting.
Fire officials said all three blazes were considered to be under control within 34 minutes of the first engine arriving on scene. Fire crews stayed on scene to mop up hotspots.
Today: No surprise here, but it’s going to be another hot day. Highs will be about 5-10 degrees above average. This’ll place us in the mid-70s to low-80s in the mountains, with mid to upper-90s for the Kittitas/Yakima valleys and the Blue Foothills. The Lower Columbia Basin will be right around 100 degrees. Skies will be sunny, although smoky and hazy downwind of the Lone Rock Fire. This’ll mainly impact air quality in the Blue Foothills and Blue Mountains–especially in southern Morrow County. There’s also the risk today for more fire starts given the dry fuels. We’re going with a First Alert EXTREME Impact Fire Day, for the entire viewing area, due to fire fuel energy being in the 97th - 98th percentile (compared to historical values). Winds today will gust between 20-35 MPH. Wind directions will be out of the west-northwest in the Cascades and Kittitas/Yakima valleys, with a west-southwesterly direction for the Lower Columbia Basin, Blue Foothills, and the Blue Mountains.
KENNEWICK, Wash. - 2 a.m. - Zachary Cain with the Kennewick Police Department tells us five houses to the east of the house that caught fire were evacuated. He also says a few houses west of the house were also evacuated, however, as of 2 a.m., everyone is back in their homes except for the home that caught fire.
HERMISTON, Ore. -- More than 30 volunteers from Amazon Web Services, Umatilla County Fair and the Arbor Day Foundation assisted the City of Hermiston to plant 40 trees at the Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center.
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