date:Jul 01, 2015
condition of the hillsides combined with high winds and unseasonably hot temperatures caused the uncontained fire to quickly spread.
Erin Smith from Rainier Fruit Company said that the companys packing facilities are a lot further down, in Selah and Prosser. We have ranches with cherries, apples and pears up in the Wenatchee area, but the fires havent impacted the orchards, she added.