Wildfire Watch
UPDATE> Crews expect full containment by end of day
02:32 PM PDT on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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TRINIDAD, WASH. -- Fire crews expect to have the Stuhlmiller Road Fire completely doused by 6 p.m. Wednesday, approximately 24 hours after the fire first started.
Throughout the day official estimates on the fire's size have varied from 1,200 - 1,700 acres.
Officials placed the first fire estimates at 5,000 acres.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office said a combine harvesting wheat possibly triggered the fire. The blaze erupted late Tuesday due to dry conditions and strong winds reaching as high as 40 mph.
A hillside burns near the Grant-Douglas County line.
Crews got a quick handle on the "Stuhlmiller Road Fire" and had it 30 percent contained before noon Wednesday. Grant Co. Emergency Management confirmed several outbuildings burned-- but no homes. At the fire's peak, more than 200 residents were evacuated and sent to a temporary shelter at Quincy High School.
The fire was first reported just after 6 p.m. Tuesday evening and it was only 20 acres in size.
Highway 28 near the fire had been closed due to poor visibility but has since re-opened.
Approximately 150 personnel are on the scene, and one helicopter is being utilized to fight the fire.
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