KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. – A wildfire is burning3,500 acres of natural vegetation at the Yakima Training Center northeast of Selah, according to Yakima Training Center Public Affairs Officer Paul Noel.
Noel says military personnel have been evacuated from the training area, though the base has not been evacuated.
No structures are being threatened and no one has been reported as injured, according to Noel.
YTC Lieutenant Colonel Tim Horn says the fire is located at the east central area of the 327,000-acre training facility. Crews from East Valley Fire, Selah Fire, Yakima Fire, Hanford Fire, Yakima Fire District 5, Naches Fire, Highland Fire, Vantage Fire, Roslyn Fire, Cle Elum Fire and Kittitas County Fire and Rescue are helping fight the fourth alarm fire.
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