Farm equipment and vehicles worth about $350,000 were destroyed Friday in a fire near Sunnyside.
Yakima County Fire District 5 crews responding to a call at Arthur J. Den Hoed Farms near Continental Road and State Route 241 around 6:40 a.m. found smoke coming from a steel building on the site, according to a fire department news release. Firefighters put out a fire that was burning inside that destroyed several grape harvesters and two passenger vans, the release said.
Fire officials estimated the fire losses at $350,000. Sixteen firefighters had the fire out by 7:35 a.m., the release said. The district’s crews were assisted by Sunnyside firefighters and Yakima County sheriff’s deputies, the release said.