SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Crews are continuing to fight a wildfire in area of W. Anderson Rd. and S. Cheney Spokane Rd.
According to Spokane County Fire District 3, Level 1 (READY!) evacuations are in place for W. Anderson Rd. from Cheney Spokane Rd. to Columbia Plateau Trail. Crews say the fire, called the West Anderson Fire, is approximately 48 acres and 80% contained.
Just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, crews were able to stop the forward progression of the fire, but it's still burning.
“It’s along the train tracks and along the Fish Lake trail and so there’s three barriers and ravines in between them so we can’t drive to the fire like a lot of times we can drive and bring our engines or trucks in there, with this fire it’s all a walk in hand show right now," Eric Keller with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said.
Keller says limited access is what caused the fire to grow so quickly. Fire Boss planes and two helicopters could be seen dumping water.
40 firefighters were brought in from the West Hallett Fire, which ignited just a few miles away along Cheney Spokane Road on Monday.
This is a developing news story and we will provide more details as we receive them.
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