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The fire is now at 19% containment.

Officials with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest say the fire grew more than 1,400 acres on Wednesday to 73.403 acres.

On Monday the fire was estimated at 67,534 acres. Today the blaze is 68,193 acres still at 3 percent containment.

So far the fight hasn't yet resulted in containment. Still zero containment on the blaze.

Now you can find out where is all this smoke coming from, anyway?

The fire started at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday near I-82 and milepost 18 in the Burbank Creek area.

The cause is unknown and a fire investigator has been ordered to the fire

The cause of the fire was a discarded cigarette.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. No injuries were reported.

After a warm, yet, pleasant holiday weekend, the heat has been turned up in the Yakima Valley. Temperatures in excess of 100 degrees this week.