The City of Pullman’s Fire Chief and a firefighter have been deployed to a new wildfire burning in Central Washington. The Newell Grade Fire has burned about 250 acres near the town of Bickelton in Klickitat County. Chief Mike Heston will be working as a planning section chief while Firefighter Chris Volk has been assigned as a resource unit leader. They were called to the scene Thursday night. This marks the 4th time so far this season that members of the Pullman FD have been deployed to a Central Washington wildfire.
