Associated Press
GRAND MOUND — Authorities say a fast-moving brush fire south of Olympia in the Grand Mound area is threatening an estimated 100 homes and has reached I-5, causing slowdowns.
Washington Department of Natural Resources Fire said on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that people in homes in a neighborhood around Sargent Road Southwest in Grand Mound were being told to evacuate immediately.
Officials say the fire had burned less than a square mile but was moving southeast quickly.
The Washington state Fire Marshal said on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that state mobilization had been approved.
The Washington Department of Transportation tweeted a photo showing smoke visible from traffic cameras over northbound Interstate-5 and closing the right lane. Slowdowns were expected in both directions.
The sheriff’s office was asking drivers to avoid the area.
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