Crews mop up a fire near Highway 86 west of Richland on July 3, 2025. (Contributed Photo)

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.