Central Washington Wine Production Group facility fire contained

May 5-MATTAWA - A commercial structure fire was reported at around 2:30 p.m. in the 22000 block of State Route 243. Grant County Fire District 8 responded to the call within minutes and saw smoke pouring out all four sides of the building, according to Grant County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman.

GCFD 8 called for mutual aid with Grant County Fire District 3, Royal Slope Fire and EMS and Hanford Fire Department responding to the call.

"The business, Central Washington Wine Production Group, has a fire inside their main facility. The facility stores around 4.5 million gallons of wine," Foreman said.

Foreman said employees were in the building when the blaze started but were evacuated with no injuries reported.

"The building is (extensively) damaged," Foreman said.

As of 6 p.m., Foreman said crews had brought the fire under control and were checking the building for fire spread.

More information will be available in Thursday's Columbia Basin Herald.

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