Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Colfax crews responded yesterday at 10:40 a.m. to fire on the west hill of Colfax. Exact cause is undetermined, yet it is reported to have started as a brush fire. The fire started between Cromwell and West streets and spread southwest across the hillside as far as Crestview. Three structures were lost; two houses and a shop/garage. The homes are located on Cromwell Street and Crestview Drive, belonging to the Garcia family and Pugh family, respectively. The garage belonged to another family....
MALDEN—While the day started with firefighting efforts in Colfax, the greatest need and destruction occurred to the north. According to a press release put out by the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after 12 p.m., while crews were still working on Colfax Fires, it was reported that a fire was moving at a fast rate of speed from the north, believed to have originated on Babbs Road in Spokane County. The Malden Fire was being fueled by extremely high winds, standing timber and dry fields. Members of the Sheriff’s Office immed...
