Update: The highway reopened at 6:54 p.m.
Previous post: A stretch of state highway in southern Pierce County is closed Wednesday evening as crews battle a brush fire, the Washington State Patrol reported.
Trooper John Datillo wrote on X about 5 p.m. that state Route 702 is closed at between state Route 7 and Christensen Muck Road. The westbound lane still was closed as of 5:47 p.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation Travel Center Map…