County declares state of emergency, adds to evacuation zones due to fire

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Updated 5:30 p.m.: The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office has added additional areas to evacuation zones in response to the Colockum Tarps Fire, including areas along the Kittitas County side of the Columbia River from the northern county line to the southern edge of Scammon Landing and the Skookumchuck River, north of Vantage.

The recreation areas along the river in the evacuation zone have been closed, and anyone in those areas is advised to leave.

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Horse camp evacuates

Caribou Creek Corral, a horse and Bible camp in Secret Canyon, was in an area that was placed under a level 2 evacuation notice Monday. Under a level 2 notice, homeowners are told to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. Owner Dennis Laukala says 40 head of horses and eight high-school age campers were part of the evacuation.

“The campers were pretty sad,” Laukala said. “There were some pretty long faces when I told them they had to pack their stuff up and their parents were coming to get them.”

The last of the campers left camp by about 8 p.m., Laukala said, and friends and neighbors helped move horses out of the area for another three hours. Laukala, who evacuated the camp last year during the Table Mountain Fire, said moving the horses could have taken most of the night without additional trailers neighbors and friends brought to the camp.

Laukala lives at the camp on Secret Canyon Road full-time, but only evacuated the horses and campers. He said the four other families living in Secret Canyon have moved their horses as well, but he plans to stay for now. He can’t tell exactly how close the fire is and continues to watch the smoke carefully.

— Justin Pittman