A wildfire burning near the Oregon border has forced the evacuation of an entire small Washington town, authorities said.
ROOSEVELT, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire burning near the Oregon border has forced the evacuation of an entire small Washington town, authorities said.
The Klickitat County sheriff’s office issued the mandatory order for Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon.
An estimated 300 people were evacuated, and a shelter was set up in a local school.
Several barns and other structures burned after the grass fire erupted about 1 p.m., but no homes had been damaged by nightfall, officials said.