Upriver Beacon fire clean up

As people returned to their homes early Wednesday morning on Beacon Hill, a relative sense of normalcy was restored for a community that hours before was unsure if a fast-moving wildfire would engulf everything.

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Wed., July 18, 2018

After an Avista crew cut down the remnants of a charred power pole along East Valley Springs Road, Firefighters from Snohomish County dig out the burning parts as they do mop up work on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Firefighters have built a line completely around the fire that destroyed a home and burned 115 acres, Tuesday along Upriver Drive near Camp Sekani .

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Just north of Upriver Drive, charred remains is all that is left of this garage that burned during Tuesday’s 115 acre wildfire.

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As Firefighters from Snonomish County mop up after Tuesdays 115 acre wildfire, Avista crews work to repair fire damage to power poles along East Valley Springs Road, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. ‘

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Avista crews remove the burned remains of a power pole along East Valley Springs Road, Wed., July 18, 2018. ‘

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just north of Upriver Drive, a charred soccer ball next to the one house that burned in Tuesday’s fast-moving 115-acre wildfire.

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This house, just north of Upriver Driver, burned down during TuesdayÕs fast-moving wildfire that consumed 115 acres and forced the evacuation of hundreds of nearby homes.

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Soot-covered De De Brown, a firefighter withe Grant County Fire District 3, takes a quick lunch break before resuming work on mopping up from Tuesday’s 115 acre wildfire along Upriver Drive.

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