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TREES ABLAZE: A portion of forest near Lyle burns Friday. Andrew Christiansen.

Foresight keeps fire quickly contained

     Fast action by local volunteers and agencies prevented a wildfire from destroying homes in the Klickitat River area north and west of Lyle.
     As of Tuesday morning, the fire was completely contained within a perimeter of black or bare soil, and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) personnel were in mop-up mode.
     Although officials have yet to determine the cause of the fire, area residents reported that a tree took down power lines near COR Cellars, one mile northwest of Lyle, setting grass on fire.
      A second fire on the west side of Old Highway 8, just north of Highway 14 was quickly extinguished, but jumped to the east side of the highway. Centerville’s volunteer fire department arrived at the scene about 35 minutes after the initial call for assistance. They were initially assigned to attack a fire up Highway 8 that was consuming a barn, then were redirected back down the highway to fight the east side fire. That fire was also extinguished without spreading.

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