After embers from a wildfire consuming 35,000 acres on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge jumped the Columbia River early last week, sparking a spot fire in nearby Skamania County — the Archer Mountain Fire, located roughly 15 miles northeast of downtown Washougal — the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office found its resources and personnel stretched to the limit.
That’s when the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) jumped in to provide support and help battle the Archer Mountain fire, which is now fully contained.