A 14,000- acre wildlife in Benton County, Wash., briefly burned some land on the outskirts of the Energy Department’s 586-square mile Hanford Site, but was moving away from the nuclear cleanup complex early Friday.
At press time there were no specifics available on actual damage at the Hanford Site.
“It did cross over very briefly onto the Hanford Site,” but is now west of the complex, Mission Support Alliance spokeswoman Rae Moss said by telephone. The Leidos-led contractor provides firefighting services, among others, for Hanford.
Hanford Site firefighters were among early responders to the Cold Creek wildfire but have since been recalled, Moss said.
The Tri-City Herald reported Friday that firefighters were battling the blaze on Rattlesnake Mountain near Richland, Wash. The fire began Thursday near State Routes 240 and 24.
The fire did burn part of the Arid Land Ecology Reserve, formerly part of the Hanford Site security zone, which is still owned by DOE but managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Moss said.
