DALLESPORT, Wash. — State assistance is being mobilized for a fire across the Columbia River from The Dalles, near the town of Dallesport in Klickitat County. Washington State Patrol (WSP) said Thursday evening that the Tidyman Road Fire had reached an estimated 20 acres.
The fire started around 2:45 p.m. and was burning at a lumber mill and in the wildland-urban interface area, WSP said. There were no evacuations in effect as of Thursday evening, but WSP said that homes, infrastructure and "cultural values" were threatened.
Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighter resources at 6:15 p.m. at the request of the fire chief for Klickitat County Fire District 6.
State officials had ordered three firefighter strike teams to the area, and the State Fire Marshal's Office was working to coordinate the dispatch of resources. Washington's State Emergency Operations Center at Camp Murray remained activated at Level 3 - Monitoring.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
This is a developing story and may be updated with more details as they emerge.