Approximately three to five acres of a grass field has burned in a wildfire burning south of Lynden on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 14, and a firefighter was reportedly transported from the area with dehydration.
The fire has been named the Wiser Lake Fire, Washington State Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Janet Pearce told The Bellingham Herald.
Pearce said the fire was first reported at 12:52 p.m. The fire appeared to be burning approximately a half mile north of Pole Road between the Guide Meridian and Hannegan Road.
“It’s burning in a grass field that is edged by some timber,” Pearce told The Herald. “There’s been a little bit of creeping into that timber area, but it’s been pretty slow going, which is obviously good.”