WENATCHEE, Wash., June 29 (UPI) -- At least 24 houses were destroyed and some 1,000 evacuated over the weekend due to a wildfire that has scorched an estimated 4,000 acres in central Washington, officials said Monday.
Between 24 and 28 residences were burned in the so-called Sleepy Hollow Fire, located in northwestern Wenatchee, emergency officials said. The fire started Sunday afternoon southeast of the town of Monitor, Wash., and quickly engulfed about four square miles as of Monday evening.