grant county fire district 13

The area had a high potential for growth and could have escalated quickly.

No residents were injured, but one firefighter was treated at Quincy Valley Hospital for a minor injury

It was initially believed that a bird's next on the pole caught fire and fell to the ground, starting the blaze. Investigators have eliminated that as a cause.

An Ephrata woman is facing a 2nd Degree Arson charge after starting allegedly a wildfire Tuesday evening. Ephrata police say witnesses saw 32-year-old Clintah Hernandez lighting a field next to the Ephrata Gun Club near State Route 282 just before 7:00 pm ...

A haystack fire near Withrow in Grant County is expected to burn for several days and people are being asked to avoid the area of Road B NW and Road 7 NW. Grant County Fire District 13 crews responded Sunday to the blaze that destroyed more than 400 tons of hay, but they were able to protect about 300 tons that were nearby ...

A farmer with a disc assisted firefighters in battling a blaze on Whitehall Road west of Road 4 SE in Douglas County Thursday evening. Grant County Fire District 13, along with other agencies, responded according to their Facebook page ...

A homeless man's campfire turned into a 15-acre wildfire Thursday morning around 9:20 south of Ephrata. According to Grant County Fire District 13, firefighters initially had difficulty accessing the fire in the area of Road 9 Northwest and Road D Northwest ...

Firefighters from three agencies responded to a wildland fire reported near Lake Lenore off SR 17. Grant County Fire District 7 Lt. Corey Hendricks says it started near a shooting range on a steep cliff side a little after 7:00 p.m. Saturday ...

Grant County Fire District 13 and Ephrata Fire crews responded to a tractor fire on the 2400 block of Road 7 NW that had spread to a nearby 150-ton haystack. They were able to quickly extinguish the implement before moving on to containing the hay fire ...

Grant County Fire District 13 crews responded to a trailer fire Wednesday that threatened to grow due to dry vegetation in the area. The occupant of the travel trailer was unable to call in the fire as their phone burnt up, but the smoke was seen and called in by many others ...