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HURRICANE, Washington County — A short-lived brush fire that ignited in a wash running between Hurricane neighborhoods Monday evening and threatened nearby homes is suspected to be human-caused.
Multiple fire crews from the Hurricane Valley Fire District responded to the area of 1019 West and 200 South where a brush fire was reported just after 8:30 p.m. in the Gould Wash, according to a social media post from the fire district.
"Initial reports from dispatch stated that there were multiple structures threatened," the post states.
Units arrived at the scene within 6 minutes of the call and were able to keep the fire from spreading to nearby homes. The fire is estimated to have been a quarter-acre in size and was extinguished by 9:15 p.m.
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