Eight homes were destroyed in Graham Monday night as multiple brush fires exploded around the South Sound amid a rare September wind storm that has knocked out power to tens of thousands.
Luckily there have been no reports of injuries.
In Graham, firefighters were busy Monday evening responding to several brush fires in the area in windy conditions that had knocked over multiple power lines. As they headed to one particular brush fire at 240th Street and Bath Road, the fire exploded in size, according to Assistant Fire Chief Steve Richards with Graham Fire. "The winds moved in pretty heavy knocking trees down into the power lines, the power lines were falling to the ground starting multiple brush fires," Richards said. "The first crews pulled up and went defensive on the first few structures. The wind was relentless and they had to pull out. And the fire kept on pushing through the power lines."