NACHES, Wash. — Wildfires continue to sweep the state.
The Yakima Herald-Republic says 400 children and employees at camps in the Clear Lake area of Naches in south-central Washington were evacuated Tuesday.
The thirty-acre fire within the Goat Rocks Wilderness was started by lightning and reported Monday.
Another wildfire near the Washington side of the Columbia River prompted mandatory evacuations of nearby areas on Wednesday and the Red Cross set up a shelter in a local high school.
A portion of State Route 14 is closed as a result.