Fire Burns Up Apple Warehouse In Wapato

February 15, 2007 Washington - Fire ripped through a large fruit cold storage building in Wapato on Wednesday morning, collapsing the roof and destroying many bins of apples. The fire began about 7 a.m. in the north corner of the attic and burned the roof off of Yakima Fruit and Cold Storage's building at 200 N. Frontage Road. Officials closed down part of Highway 97 for about four hours because smoke was drifting across the roadway and limiting visibility. No one was injured in the blaze, said ...