Firefighters from the Grays Harbor Fire Department spray down hotspots from a structure fire that destroyed two buildings in the 100 block of East Pine Street in Oakville on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
Fireworks explode in the distance as a pair of firefighters from the West Thurston Fire Department spray down a structure on the corner of East Pine Street and Newton Street in Oakville on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Two structures were destroyed in Tuesday night's fire. No injuries were reported in the blaze.
Firefighting crews from Grays Harbor Fire Department, Riverside Fire Department and the West Thurston Fire Department all responded to a late-night fire in the 100 block of East Pine Street in downtown Oakville on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
Firefighters from Grays Harbor Fire Department battle a blaze in the 100 block of East Pine Street in downtown Oakville on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
A Grays Harbor County Fire Department firefighter uses an axe to break the glass in a window so his colleagues could water down the inside of a structure that caught fire on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in the 100 block of East Pine Street in Oakville.
OAKVILLE, Wash. (AP) — At least two buildings were destroyed and a Washington state highway was closed for hours by a massive fire overnight in a Grays Harbor County town.
KOMO-TV reports that fire crews responded to the blaze in the town of Oakville, Washington, just before midnight Tuesday.
Firefighting efforts shut down Highway 12 between Newton and Pine streets until about 7 a.m. Wednesday, when the roadway reopened.
The roaring flames destroyed a hardware store, a liquor store and possibly a home next door, according to witnesses.
There was no official word on the cause of the blaze, nor was there any immediate word on possible injuries.
Crews are continuing to fight the still-smoldering blaze.
