Residents Evacuate as Wildfire Approaches
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Residents of at least 150 homes in the southeastern part of the state were forced to leave as a fire that had charred at least 15,000 acres moved north out of the Umatilla National Forest onto private land.
The leading edge of the fire was about 10 miles south of Pomeroy, authorities said. The fire had not been contained, and its cause was not known.
In central Washington, a 1,075-acre wildfire near Lake Wenatchee that had threatened 140 homes was 50% contained, said Patrick Lonergan, spokesman for the Central Washington Area Incident Management Team.
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