Crews were busy battling brush fire near Ephrata Tuesday

EPHRATA – Between 100 to 200 acres burned during an early Tuesday morning brush fire just south of Ephrata. Grant County Fire Districts 13 and 5 and Ephrata firefighters found the wildfire south of state Route 17 and state Route 262 and said the glow of the fire was visible from Moses Lake. It took about two-and-a-half hours for crews to contain the blaze. No structures were damaged and the cause of the fire is unknown. -0-