GOLDENDALE, Wash. -a new count Friday shows 64 structures have been lost in the fire burning near col organi in Washington-South Centre.
A spokesman for the fire, Guy Giffords managers, said that the air count does not show how many people are houses. They had previously reported destroyed nine homes and 13 other structures.
Spokesman of the Ministry of natural resources Chuck Turley, explains the number of firefighters will have doubled by 600 Saturday as the state mobilizes resources.
The fire broke out Wednesday and covered 5,300 acres of brush and trees. About 200 houses were evacuated. Traffic on Highway 97 to col organi was closed at times Friday by smoke and fire in the vicinity. A community meeting is scheduled Friday night high school Goldendale.
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