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Serving Whitman County since 1877
Volunteer firefighters extinguish a car fire on Wawawai Road near the Port of Wilma on Sunday, Aug. 14.
PORT OF WILMA – Rapid responses from Whitman and Asotin County fire departments prevented a burning vehicle on Wawawai Road from spreading to nearby brush on Sunday, Aug. 14.
At 4:52 in the afternoon, deputies of the Whitman County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a car fire at Milepost 35 near the Port of Wilma on the north shore of the Snake River.
Around the same time, volunteer firefighters from Whitman County Fire District 14 out of Colton-Uniontown and Asotin County Fire District 1 volunteers from Clarkston were dispatched to the blaze.
The Asotin County volunteers were the first to arrive at the vehicle, containing the burn before it could spread.
According to Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers, the fire was likely caused by overheating.
The driver was reportedly uninjured, and the vehicle was towed after the fire.
Reid Thompson is an intern reporter at the Whitman County Gazette. Reid is enrolled at Syracuse University, where he studies journalism and international relations.
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