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UPDATE: Firefighters Battling Wildfire North Of Coulee Dam

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ELMER CITY, Wash. (AP) - A brush fire has burned about 4,100 acres and one old barn outside of Elmer City.
    
Cathy Moses of the Colville Tribe says the fire is threatening nine structures near the town located near Grand Coulee Dam.
    
The fire broke out Tuesday evening and has closed Highway 155 near Elmer City. No cause has been found.
    
Moses says bulldozers have dug lines around the threatened structures. No injuries have been reported.

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