On Saturday, firefighters finished mopping up and repairing damage from suppression activities and at 8:00 am this morning the incident will be turned back to Spokane County Fire District 3 and Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The fire is now 100% contained. Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team 2 has demobilized and would like to express our appreciation to the community and all our agency partners who helped make this assignment a success.
A small contingent of firefighters will remain on the fire over the next several days to monitor conditions and patrol the fire lines. Residents may continue to see smoke within the fire perimeter. There have been no reported injuries or any structures lost. The fire burned 232 acres.
Evacuation levels: All evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted. Motorists and residents should expect to continue to see firefighting traffic in and around the area of the fire over the next few days.
The Andrus Fire started Monday July 5th at approximately 11:30 am, 3 miles NE of Cheney, near Andrus Rd. Firefighters from Fire District 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, Airway Heights Fire, Cheney Fire, Spokane City Fire, Spokane Valley Fire, Lincoln County, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and numerous other agencies responded.
Fire information and the incident command post is located at Cheney Middle School in Cheney, WA. Fire information contact is Don Malone at (509) 822-8125 or Jeff Sevigney at (509) 993-2946 or you can also follow us on Facebook @NEWIMT3, or on inciweb https;//inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7607/
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