fire

Do you have working smoke alarms in your home?

Are you ready for a fire? How would you respond?

the Lodgepole fire has been contained at 39 acres within its established perimeter.

Fire officials say residents will be allowed through the Highway 12 road closure to make access to their property with proper proof of residency.

Meanwhile firefighters were able to make major progress over the weekend in control the Black Canyon Fire which is now at 89% containment burning 9,211 acres.

Highway 12 remains closed from the top of White Pass to Oak Creek as firefighters try and get a handle on the Rimrock/Retreat Fire.

Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District is implementing a system-by-system “rolling shutdown.”

Shortly after the fire started Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources.

The fire was first reported at about 8:00 pm in the 3300 block of Birchfield Road.

. West Valley Fire Department officials say the fire was contained at 150 acres but not before destroying two homes and a shop building.