OMAK, Wash. (AP) -- A wildfire had burned 8,000 acres on the Colville Indian reservation by Wednesday night as firefighters worked to control its spread through timber and sagebrush.
The fire was burning about 10 miles southeast of Omak in Okanogan County, the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, reported on its Web site.
The fire was reported 10 percent contained Wednesday night, with no estimate for when it might be fully contained, said Pat Houghton, an intelligence officer with the Northwest Interagency Fire Center in Portland, Ore.
Erratic winds Wednesday fed the fire on both the north and south ends, said Jeree Mills, spokeswoman for the Portland center. An information officer at the fire reported that winds had subsided by late afternoon and crews hoped to make progress through the night, Mills said.
''It was not a good day today. It grew from 2,500 acres this morning to 8,000,'' said Dave Nee, assistant fire management officer for the Colville Indian Agency. Nee was in Keller, about 35 miles southeast of the fire.
The fire made a major run to the south and southwest, Nee said.
On Thursday, ''it will still be breezy, but it's just not going to be the gusty ones they were dealing with today,'' Houghton said of the weather forecast.
Occupants of one residence were evacuated when the fire threatened. A 20-person crew was working to reduce fuels, grass, shrubs and sagebrush, around the area, Nee said.
Firefighters were taking protective measures around about four other residences and some outbuildings, but none was imminently threatened, Houghton said.
No injuries were reported.
The fire also burned through a dump site and an area when old cars were parked, Mills said.
About 227 personnel were assigned to the fire, which was burning toward some fresh farm crops, Houghton said.
Two helicopters and an air tanker also dropped fire retardant, Mills said.
Additional crews were expected, including eight 20-person ''hotshot'' crews, Houghton said.
The fire began Tuesday afternoon. The cause was under investigation.
