Officials in Marysville are still trying to determine what caused a brush fire along I-5 Monday afternoon. Wind carrying the blaze ignited vegetation, consumed trees and charred everything in its way. FOX13
Wind carrying the blaze ignited vegetation, consumed trees and charred everything in its way.. Multiple agencies responded but says crews called for backup as the fire was growing rapidly and spreading to nearby businesses.'We are very appreciate to our neighbors from Everett all the way down to South County Fire," he said. "The business owners were very cooperative and helpful some even stuck around to help control some of the fire before we could get fire engines there.
"Today, the wind was up to about 20 miles an hour and at some points, gusting, so that really pushes that fire along. The other third piece is topography-- it's very flat there, but on the whole, a bit of wind on you can see how fast the fire grew," he said. "If there had been no wind on this fire, it would have just gone straight up in the air basically.
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