A wind-driven wildfire exploded to 2,000 acres overnight before diminishing slightly to roughly 1,500 acres in southwest Washington state as authorities ordered evacuations for thousands of homes.
The latest: By Monday night, the Nakia Creek Fire was burning across some 1,165 acres and was 5% contained. Evacuation zones had shrunk since Sunday, according to the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency. "Smoke was very heavy yesterday and even grounded aircraft fighting the fire," the agency said in an update.
