Combine fire ignites field blaze near Sequim airport

Fire District 3 personnel responded Friday to a brush fire that started after a combine caught fire.

By Michael Dashiell • September 4, 2020 4:00 pm
Smoke and flames fan across a farm field west of Carlsborg Road near Sequim Valley Airport after a combine caught fire and spread into surrounding vegetation on Friday afternoon. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Smoke and flames fan across a farm field west of Carlsborg Road near Sequim Valley Airport after a combine caught fire and spread into surrounding vegetation on Friday afternoon. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Clallam County Fire District 3 personnel respond Friday afternoon to a brush fire that started after a combine caught fire just east of the Sequim Valley Airport.

Fire District 3 Chief Ben Andrews said weather officials are warning of wind gusts of 25-40 miles per hour on Monday (Sept. 7) and Tuesday (Sept. 8) paired with very low humidity, elevating the relative fire danger.

“Today we got lucky because of light winds,” he said.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

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