GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — A Level 3 evacuation order was in place for an area near Old Vantage Highway and Frenchman Coulee -- close to Quincy, Washington -- where a large wildfire was burning.
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By Monday at 11 a.m., the fire was out. Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Foreman said the fire has been ruled accidental.
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It was controlled Sunday night before 9 p.m., officials said. The blaze burned across 600 acres of mainly sage and grass.
Foreman said boaters told authorities they came ashore Sunday afternoon to start a fire in a fire ring to barbecue, but the wind picked up and the fire got out of hand.
[See photos of the wildfire here.]
The fire was in "difficult terrain" about 3 miles south of the Gorge Amphitheatre, Grant County officials said.
The wildfire was called the #SunlandFire.
The Gorge is hosting the Sasquatch music festival through Monday. The fire burned away from the Gorge, not toward it.
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Some Sasquatch music performances were canceled Sunday because of high winds.
Grant County Sheriff’s Office officials tweeted out an advisory, writing: “Leave now.”
<strong>Earlier updates are below:</strong>