Update: State highway in Pierce County reopens after being closed by brush fire
Update: The highway reopened at 6:54 p.m.
Previous post: A stretch of state highway in southern Pierce County is closed Wednesday evening as crews battle a brush fire, the Washington State Patrol reported.
Trooper John Datillo wrote on X about 5 p.m. that state Route 702 is closed at between state Route 7 and Christensen Muck Road. The westbound lane still was closed as of 5:47 p.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation Travel Center Map.
South Pierce Fire & Rescue crews were battling the fire. No information about its size or containment was immediately available.
State Route 702 connects the city of Yelm to State Route 7.
This story was originally published July 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM.
Adam Lynn
The News Tribune