Wawawai fire consumes 11,452 acres

The Snake River Fire at Wawawai in Whitman and Garfield counties on the Snake River was pronounced 100 percent contained late Sunday with the total amount of acres burned cited at 11,452. The fire control was turned over to District 14 at Colton and District 1 in Garfield County Monday morning, but some of the crews in the state response team headed west to a new fire, the Fletcher Road Fire, which was sparked by lightning Sunday morning.

Wawawai Road was opened to traffic at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning. The road was blocked off from its intersection with Steptoe Canyon Road on the Snake River...