UMATILLA — A fast-moving brush fire threatened homes and forced a multi-agency response Saturday afternoon near Highway 730 and South Shore Drive, officials said. The Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District responded to the unincorporated area at approximately 3:55 p.m. Crews arrived to find roughly two acres burning with a moderate rate of spread, driven by northeast winds reaching 15 miles per hour. Heavy smoke temporarily impacted traffic on …
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