No one was injured in a small grass fire Monday afternoon in north Lewiston. Crews from the city’s fire department responded just after 4 PM to an area north of Hatwai Road, near Panarama Drive.
The fire was contained within 30 minutes. No structures were lost and the cause remains under investigation. (Lewiston Fire Department)
Meanwhile, a wildfire that burned roughly 3,000 acres on Washington’s Colville Indian Reservation was about 60 percent contained on Monday afternoon, and immediate evacuation orders for nearby residents had been lifted.
The Colville Tribes’ fire service says the blaze was reported shortly before 4 PM Sunday. It burned through grass and sagebrush a few miles north of Elmer City, a town in Okanogan County near Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
Ground crews were mopping up hot spots and working to stop flames from spreading outside the perimeter line.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation. (Spokesman-Review)
