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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
BY CHRIS COWBROUGH
S-E Editor
A fast-moving fire that broke out last Thursday afternoon and was fanned by 25-35 mile and hour winds, destroyed two homes and a handful of other buildings.
As of Sunday, upwards of 450 firefighters had the nearly 1,000-acre Slide Creek Fire about 40 percent contained. Cooler temperatures were aiding the fire-fighting effort.
At its height last Thursday, emergency personnel evacuated scores of residences in the area.
The fire started in the Slide Creek Road area near the south end of 12-Mile Road and fanned by strong winds, moved through timber and grass northeast.
The fire reportedly started when a 100-foot cottonwood tree along Slide Creek Road fell onto power lines and started the inferno.
At the height of the blaze, fixed wing “bombers” dropped retardant on the fire and two helicopters dropped water from the nearby Colville River.
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