Klickitat County fire stretches to 50,000 acres after burning through weekend

Fire crews in Central Washington are working to protect a natural gas pipeline and solar farms west of Goldendale in Klickitat County.

An unknown number of people have evacuated their homes and cabins west of Goldendale because of a wildfire. The fire started around 3:35 p.m. Friday on Newell Road near Bickleton and has now grown to more than 50,000 acres, covering at least 20 miles of land.

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“We are forecasted to have 40-mile-an-hour winds so we’ll see what that does to us, but the direction and where we are with the fire, we feel like we’re in

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