By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports a wildfire east of White Pass doubled in size on Saturday growing to about 1,300 acres and in some places burned down to U.S. Highway 12.
The fire is east of Rimrock Lake, which is about eight miles from the top of the pass.
The Packwood area fire department was called about two fires on the Lewis County side of the pass on Friday but said they were far enough from the highway they needed to be handled by the Forest Service.
“They had quite a few lightening strikes,” Lewis County Fire District 10 Chief Lonnie Goble said this morning.
The fires reported across canyons off mileposts 145 and 147 should be out by now, he said.
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