Fire In Downtown The Dalles August 3rd.

USFS responding to a fire in downtown The Dalles on NWPRD property.

By Cole Goodwin

Updated August 3rd at 1:53 p.m.

There is a fire burning along Mill Creek behind Safeway in The Dalles on North Wasco County Parks and Recreation property behind The Dalles Aquatic Center and Pool in downtown The Dalles.

Fire crews are on scene.

1:45 p.m. Water tenders requested.

1:37 p.m. Road blocks being set up near Trevitt / Safeway - STAY OUT OF THE AREA. Heavy smoke was reported.

The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

Those on scene suggested cigarette butt could be the cause.

Crews were mopping up the site and maintaining hotspots along the creek bottom as of 2 p.m.

Firefighters were spraying down hotspots on the land between Safeway and Mill Creek behind The Dalles Aquatic Center at 1:45 p.m.

The Dalles Aquatic Center rests like an oasis behind the charred remains of the grass and scrub fire.

Dallesport assisted in the blaze bringing in this tender to stem the blaze at the edge of Mill Creek directly behind The Dalles Aquatic Center.