By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
Blue Creek Fire Mostly Contained
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Dian Ver Valen
Wildfire wiped out the vegetation along Blue Creek but left this pocket of "defensible space" around a home in Walla Walla County (for more information on protecting your property from fire, visit www.firewise.org)
WALLA WALLA – Residents of the back country in Columbia County and elsewhere in the Touchet Valley watched the spread of the Blue Creek Fire east of here with unease over the last week. It has been several years since a fire of this magnitude threatened the valley.
At press time on Tuesday, the wildland fire on Blue Mountain Road and Klicker Mountain Road east of Walla Walla was 73-percent contained. At its largest, the fire was reported to have burned 6,225 acres.
The blaze, which ignited on July 20, destroyed one home on Klicker Mountain Road and seven outbuildings, officials have stated. St...
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