Baird Springs fire costs $1.5m, new fires in Pierce, Klickitat counties
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 7 months AGO
The cost of putting out the Baird Springs fire that menaced Crescent Bar and Trinidad last week has been estimated at $1.5 million, according to the NIFC
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QUINCY — The Baird Springs fire is estimated to have cost $1.5 million to extinguish, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
The blaze, which sprang up quickly the afternoon of July 10, triggered evacuations in the Crescent Bar and Trinidad communities. There were no injuries and no reported structure damages, but 2,400 acres of grassland were scorched before fire crews pulled out Thursday.
These wildfires were also burning in Washington as of Friday afternoon, according to the NIFC:
• Wagner Road, about 17 miles southeast of Sprague: 1,700 acres. Fire discovered July 12. 75% contained. Estimated costs $200,000.
• Tanwax, about 16 miles southeast of Joint Base Lewis-McChord: 1.5 acres. Fire discovered July 13. Containment and cost information not available.
• Rainbow, at the north end of Lake Chelan: 2.5 acres. Fire discovered July 12. Containment and cost information not available.
• Knight, about five miles northwest of Goldendale: 100 acres. Fire discovered July 13. Containment and cost information not available.
• Tunnel 5, about four miles west of White Salmon: 546 acres. Fire discovered July 2. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $7,000,000.
• Consalus, about 20 miles north of Newport: 292 acres. Fire discovered June 30. 10% contained. Costs estimated at $5,000,000.
• McEwan, about three miles northeast of Shelton: 250 acres. Fire discovered July 4. 85% contained. Costs estimated at $1,850,000.
• OIE Highway, about 10 miles northeast of Prosser: 1,300 acres. Fire discovered July 3. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $75,000.
• Hover Park, three miles southeast of Finley: 528 acres. Fire discovered June 13. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $175,000.
• Ruppert Road, about three miles north of Benton City: 155 acres. Fire discovered June 13. 100% contained. Cost estimated at $100,000.
• Oasis, about seven miles west of Touchet: 4,250 acres. Fire discovered June 19. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $500,000.
• Gold Mountain Ridge, about 12 miles northeast of Keller: 28.8 acres. Fire discovered June 29. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $3,000,000.
• Anderson Road, about seven miles southeast of Morton: 1 acre. Fire discovered July 10. Containment and damage information not available.
• Farnham, about 13 miles west of Mansfield: 76 acres. Fire discovered July 8. Containment and cost information not available.
• Coyote Creek, about 17 miles northwest of Grand Coulee: 1,555 acres. Prescribed burn.
• Canal Road, about 3 miles north of Naches: 1.5 acres. Fire discovered July 11. Containment and cost information not available.
• Goodwin, between Vancouver and Camas: 14.5 acres. Fire discovered July 11. Containment and cost information not available.
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