Fed by winds, high temperatures and industrial chemicals, the Sleepy Hollow fire in eastern Washington had burned nearly 3,000 acres and destroyed at least two dozen homes as of Tuesday evening.
The blaze started Sunday outside Wenatchee, about 150 miles east of Seattle, and had grown dramatically by the end of the day after embers blew on top of a recycling plant and several warehouses that contained chemicals, officials said. As of Tuesday evening, the blaze was 47% contained.
The damage to at least two dozen buildings has left residents heartbroken, even if their own homes had been spared.