A spate of wildfires is scorching parts of Washington state,
devouring more than 16,000 acres.
In at least one
case, strong winds have forced multiple lighting fires to morph into one, the
Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.
The
Rimrock/Wagon Road fire in central Washington has torched more than 10,000
acres and was 0% contained as of Saturday evening, Grant County
Sheriff Tom Jones said.
The Douglas
County Sheriff's Office said it has evacuated homes in the Rimrock Meadows
community, but did not say how many.
"We are not
getting a lot of new information regarding the Rimrock fire evacuations as this
is a tough area for cell phones and radios to work," Jones said.
He said the Red
Cross opened an evacuation center at a high school in Ephrata.
Across central
Washington, more than 16,000 acres have burned in the current rash of wildfires,CNN affiliate KIRO said.
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