A fast-burning wildfire shut down both directions of Interstate 90 east of Ellensburg in Central Washington for the second time this month.
Westbound lanes of the freeway have reopened, while eastbound lanes will be “re-evaluated” at 4 p.m., the state’s transportation department tweeted at 7 a.m.
The fire that started Thursday grew “significantly” overnight, Carrie McCausland, a spokeswoman for the Department of Natural Resources, said Friday morning.
The blaze, which has been named the Boylston fire, had grown to approximately
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