SCAPPOOSE, Oregon (From Pamplin Media Group) -- A brush fire on undeveloped timber property in Scappoose broke out Friday evening, Aug. 6.

According to the Scappoose Fire District, crews were called to a natural cover fire on Holaday Road, off JP West Road at 10:22 p.m. Friday.

Firefighters reported several "slash," or natural debris piles burning in a steep ravine.

Weyerhaeuser owns several thousand acres of forest land in Columbia County.

Fire crews, including personnel from Scappoose, Columbia River Fire & Rescue, Oregon Department of Forestry and Weyerhaeuser, stayed on scene through the night to keep the flames from spreading.

The blaze did not threaten any homes. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The brush fire was one of several that county fire crews responded to over the weekend, including an abandoned house fire in Scappoose and another brush fire in Clatskanie.