Inslee tours Pierce County fire scene, offers cash assistance to burned-out families
Gov. Jay Inslee toured the Sumner Grade Fire on Wednesday and offered help to four families in Bonney Lake and hundreds of others who have lost their homes in wildfires across Washington this week.
Inslee has declared a statewide emergency and said Wednesday the state will provide cash assistance to fire victims.
“We want to help these families who have nothing except the socks they’re wearing and hope that we can help them as fast and as rapidly as humanly possible,” Inslee said in a press conference at Sumner Tapps Highway East and state Route 410.
The Sumner Grade Fire is now estimated to be 800 acres and 20 percent contained as of Wednesday afternoon.
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