4-acre fire near Highway 86 west of Richland contained

Published 2:24 pm Thursday, July 3, 2025

A new wildfire, estimated at 5 acres, was reported about 1:45 p.m. Thursday, July 3, on private land just north of Highway 86 about 3 to 4 miles northwest of Richland.

The Powder Fire near Dry Gulch is contained, said Buzz Harper, chief of the Keating Rural Fire Protection District, about 4 p.m. Crews were mopping up the fire, he said.

Harper said a tractor caught fire while it was being worked on.

Firefighters from the Eagle Valley Fire District, Pine Valley Rural Fire Department and Oregon Department of Forestry all worked on the fire.