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Combine fire ignites field blaze near Sequim airport

Published 4:00 pm Friday, September 4, 2020

By Michael Dashiell

Combine fire ignites field blaze near Sequim airport
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Combine fire ignites field blaze near Sequim airport
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
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Submitted photo
Submitted photo

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.

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