LA CENTER — Small plumes of smoke rose from the blackened rubble of a house fire that spread to the wildland behind it the night before. Ash fell on firefighters walking between the remnants of vehicles, barn walls and furniture caked in ash. A large patch of brush across the road from the house had turned yellow from the heat of the blaze.
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Source: The Columbian
Jenny Creek Fire north of La Center now 90 percent contained
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