BENTON COUNTY, Wash.-About 500 acres burned west of Paterson after a fire reportedly started by a fish landing on a substation.
Fire crews responded to the area of SR 14 around milepost 157 around 10 a.m.
According to Scott Hawley, with Benton County Fire District #6, the fire is believed to have been started by sparks when a fish was dropped on the substation by a bird.
There is currently no fire burning at this time and no structures are threatened.
There is what appears to be some parts of a fish on the substation, according to Hawley, who said that while it is uncommon, it does happen from time to time.
