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Fire officials warned property owners this week that Klickitat County is primed for a big fire season.
“It’s shaping up to be active,” said Wyatt Leighton, Goldendale Fire Management Forester for Washington’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “The risk is going to be high. It depends if we get starts or not.”
“The long-term forecast sounds hotter and drier than normal — that’s what the meteorologists are predicting,” said Dan Lennon, DNR’s Goldendale Fire Management Coordinator.
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A White Salmon business owner died last week on the Columbia River after becoming stranded on a sandbar while windsurfing.
The victim, who lived in The Dalles, was identified by the Sherman County Sheriff’s Office as Mark Estes, 51, owner of White Salmon’s Re-Volvo auto repair.
According to a press release from Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey, the office received a call for assistance last Wednesday at 2:31 p.m., with a report of a man exhausted and stranded on a sandbar just east of Rufus during a period of intense wind activity.
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