Helicopter drops water on Gun Dog Road Fire between Carlton and Twisp on Thursday evening. Photo by Julia Babkina

Hwy 153 just north of Carlton was closed for several hours as fire crews worked on a brush fire that reportedly started from a fuel line leak. Local resident Stefan Grimes saw smoke and drove toward it to help. As he drove nearer, he saw it was on his friend’s property.

“Not again,” he said to his friend, remembering the last time he was in this situation before picking up a shovel to help dig…

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