WENATCHEE — A 2,000-acre wildfire flared anew yesterday in the middle of a burned-over area as winds kicked up, a fire spokesman said.

Still, about 30 homes that had been put on evacuation notice earlier in the day were no longer considered threatened late yesterday afternoon, said State Patrol Trooper Greg Pressel, a spokesman for the state Fire Marshal's Office.

The fire, burning in grass and sage, still threatened some Douglas County wheat fields, he said. The fire was burning about five miles east of this Central Washington city.

Elsewhere in Eastern Washington, two other wildfires have been contained.

Earlier in the day, the Douglas County fire had been estimated to be 50 percent contained, but a new incident commander arrived and assessed it at 10 percent because, while water had been sprayed all around the fire, bulldozers had not yet carved a firebreak around it, Pressel said.

"It's only burning in one spot. Bulldozers should make pretty quick duty of the fire," Pressel said. "It's blowing away from homes, which is good."

The fire was first reported at 5 p.m. Monday. No cause had been determined, Pressel said.

No homes were threatened or evacuations ordered in earlier blazes in Klickitat and Benton counties, nor were injuries reported in any of the fires.

The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for today through tomorrow evening for Klickitat, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Columbia and Walla Walla counties.