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Emergency crews respond to multiple brush fires on Highway 3

Published 1:26 pm Wednesday, June 11, 2014

A firefighter from the Poulsbo Fire Department extinguishes the flames of a brush fire just off the northbound lane of Highway 3 near Sherman Hill Road June 11.
A firefighter from the Poulsbo Fire Department extinguishes the flames of a brush fire just off the northbound lane of Highway 3 near Sherman Hill Road June 11.

POULSBO — Traffic on both sides of Highway 3 was down to one lane near Sherman Hill Road June 11 as emergency crews responded to multiple brush fires.

Two fires — and possibly a third — were reported in the early afternoon. The cause of the fires was not immediately known.

No injuries were reported.

Emergency crews had the fires extinguished and were available before 1:30 p.m.