Volunteers halt Ickes Road fire

Fire crews from four districts Friday responded to a fire along Ickes Road west of Palouse. The fire burned approximately 30 acres of stubble on the Mike Arland ranch and then spread to the Ray Romjue place where it ignited trees and parts of cars. A total of eight trucks responded to the scene from Palouse, Garfield, Pullman and Colfax.

The fire is believed to have started off a combine at about 5 p.m., Crews were on the scene for approximately three hours. The fire was difficult to stop when it spread to the vehicles and trees, according to Marvin Pillers, who was incident commander.