Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Community suffers rash of local conflagrations; Friday's fire one of three this week
Columbia County Commissioner Dwight Robanske surveys the damage caused by Friday morning's fire to the county dump facilities. The Columbia County Transfer Station is closed until further notice as a result of the fire.
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners declared an emergency Friday afternoon following an early morning fire at the county transfer station on South Cottonwood Street that destroyed most of the necessary operational equipment and seriously damaged the integrity of the main building.
"Basically we did this because otherwise we'd have to go through the official bidding process to get the cleanup and repairs done," Commissioner Dwight Robanske said. "We're dealing with the health and safety of the community here, and we need to be able to get started right away."
Until further notice, the county...
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