THE DALLES — A fire was called in to The Dalles at 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept 2, which quickly spread across farm fields and wildland terrain between Mill Creek and Cherry Heights. At one point, flames were so tall that people in Dallesport could see them from across the river.

Firefighters from Mid-Columbia Fire Rescue, Dufur Volunteer Fire and Ambulance, Mosier Fire, Dallesport/ Murdock Volunteer Fire Department, Mt. Hood National Forest- U.S. Forest Service, and Oregon State Police arrived on scene, and immediately started laying lines and dousing the flames with water.