India, July 24 -- A rapidly growing vegetation fire south of Washington state's Tri-Cities has prompted Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation orders. Firefighters have expanded their response to the Locust Grove Fire after incident commanders requested additional wildland strike teams. The blaze had grown to about 20 acres on Thursday, according to WatchDuty. A third strike team was later requested as crews worked to prevent the fire from threatening homes and other buildings.

Many people in the Tri-Cities region of Washington State experienced dread and terror as they saw flames from the enormous Locust Grove fire near Kennewick.

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