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Wildfire in Upper Columbia Basin, Washington

Wildfire August 4, 2022 – August 6, 2022 · Upper Columbia Basin, Washington

$935K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Farm equipment working a field sparked a wildfire that was quickly spread through grass fields by winds. It burned from August 4-6. It burned 2500 acres. Six homes and eight outbuildings were destroyed.

The wider storm

Fire started from farm equipment working and field and quickly spread in the dry grasses by 25 MPH winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057737. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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