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Highway 730 / Twin Sisters Fire grows to 3,638 acres, US-730 reopens
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Highway 730 / Twin Sisters Fire grows to 3,638 acres, US-730 reopens.HIGHWAY 730 / TWIN SISTERS FIRE (US-730 & MP-5, WALLA WALLA COUNTY, WA) Acreage - 3,638 Containment - ?LEVEL 3 GO NOW EVACUATION - Hatch Grade & vicinity LEVEL 1 BE READY EVACUATION - US-30 & vicinity from Port Kelley to the Oregon border ______________________________________________________________ 11:20 p.m.- The fire is now 3,638 acres, per the National Interagency Fire Center.____________________________________________________________ 6:20 p.m.- US-730 has reopened, per WSDOT.____________________________________________________________ 2:15 p.m.- The Evacuation Level 3 (Go) set for Hatch Grade and vicinity remains in effect as fire operations continue in the area.Evacuation levels for Hwy 730 and vicinity from Port Kelley to the Oregon border have been reduced to Level 1 (Ready), per Walla Walla County Emergency Management ____________________________________________________________ 10:30 a.m.- The Highway 730 Fire has crossed Spring Gulch and is headed south into Umatilla County.The fire is now at an estimated 3,624 acres and is now in both Washington and Oregon.The name is now Highway 730/Twin Sisters Fire.Air support reports it is attacking the fire from above while firefighters also remain on the ground.______________________________________________________________ Original Story: 5:30 a.m.- Level 3 evacuations have been issued for Hatch Grade Rd and Highway 12, and has been expanded to Port Kelley and down to the Oregon State Line on Highway 730.Several wildland firefighters are on the scene of the Highway 730 Fire in Walla Walla County near Wallula.State fire assistance has been mobilized to help local firefighters with stopping the spread of the fire.Two wildland strike teams from the state are also working the fire and the State Fire Marshals Office is helping to coordinated resources.The Highway 730 Fire was discovered around 11 p.m.Saturday and is estimated to be burning at about 300 acres, according to Walla Walla Fire District officials.It is burning in grass and brush and there are homes and other properties being threatened by the fire.Check back on this article for updates as they come in.The last update on the fire was given just before 4 a.m.COPYRIGHT 2026 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.