As fast-moving wildfire routs Quincy residents, police say Wenatchee blaze man-made

Source: Seattle Times

Residents were evacuated from two dozen homes on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning as the Monument Hill wildfire in Quincy, Grant County, spread with alarming speed, according to county officials.

No injuries were reported and no occupied homes were lost, according to Kyle Foreman, a spokesman for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

Meanwhile in Chelan County, investigators have ruled out “any natural cause” for the fire that destroyed two dozen homes in Wenatchee, a sheriff’s spokesman said Wednesday morning.

“There was no lightning that could have caused the fire. So more than likely, it’s human-caused,” Rich Magnussen of the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said.

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