Three small fires around Geiger area human-caused
This fire on Aug. 26 along Interstate 90 near the Geiger exit had traffic backed up for several miles as emergency crews shut down a lane to battle the blaze. It was one of three fires in two days that had human origin investigators report.
A series of small fires along Interstate 90 over a two-day span last week were quickly extinguished, but have investigators working additional hours to try to find an exact cause.
"They haven't released the cause yet," Washington State Department of Natural Resources spokesman, Guy Gifford said. One thing Gifford did say was each fire was man-made.
The fires each have a name, starting with the 9.5 acre Rowan-Geiger blaze Aug. 27. A day earlier, two blazes were ignited in close proximity to each other and included the 2.5 acre I-90, Exit 270 fire as well as one 3 acres in size and known as the...
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