State Route 28 was closed for just over 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon due to a brush fire.  The fire was contained at about two acres but smoke drifting across the highway forced a closure for safety reasons.

A home in the 4400 block of Rock Island Road was threatened by the fire but was not damaged. The fire was reported about 3:30pm when winds gusted to around 40 mph in the region.  The cause is under investigation but arcing power lines due to high winds nay have been a factor.

SR 28 was closed at approximately 4:15pm near Rock Island Road, five miles east of East Wenatchee, to milepost 7.8 at the entrance to Rock Island due to the heavy smoke over the roadway.   Traffic was detoured using local roads.  SR28 was reopened shortly before 5pm

About 1:30pm Tuesday, Chelan and Douglas County firefighters responded to a brush fire along the Malaga-Alcoa Highway near milepost 6.  The fire was contained to about an acre or two, according to spokesman Rick Isaacson.  A downed electrical line was discovered in the area of the fire, but Isaacson said it’s unclear if the line sparked the fire or came down as a result of the fire.

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