Grass fire burned at mill site Thursday
Published 10:36 am Friday, July 24, 2015
A fast-moving grass fire was reported Thursday morning near the Dirtfish Rally School in Snoqualmie. Firefighters from Snoqualmie, Eastside Fire & Rescue in Fall City and North Bend, Duvall and Snoqualmie Pass all responded to the incident, which covered about a 100-foot by 100-foot area.
Snoqualmie Fire Chief Mark Correira reported that the Snoqualmie department received the call at 11:35 and were at the remote site within 13 minutes. The flames reached five feet, and were quickly moving toward more flammable materials, he wrote in an e-mail message.
“We were very fortunate that there was very little wind,” he added.
Staff at Dirtfish also assisted in the firefighting effort, with the facility’s water truck and bull dozer.
No one was injured in the incident.
Smoke lingers over a burned patch of ground in Snoqualmie, all that’s left of a fast-moving grass fire reported Thursday morning at 11:35 a.m. Photos courtesy of Snoqualmie Police Department
Firefighters quickly put out the blaze that was heading toward faster-burning fuels.
