HERMISTON — Firefighters quickly contained a five-acre brush fire that threatened homes in Hermiston Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Crews with Umatilla County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched at 1:33 p.m. to reports of a fire near Northeast Seventh Street threatening nearby structures. Arriving emergency personnel found active flames moving through dry brush toward residential properties. Firefighters managed to stop the forward progressi…
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