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Spokane County has a three-level system to alert residents to the threats of wildfires, according to KHQ. On Sunday, evacuation orders and level 2 orders, or “get set to leave,” remained in ...
Jun. 12—SPOKANE — A fast-spreading wildfire triggered level 3 (leave now) evacuation orders to a 2.5-square mile area southwest of Spokane Tuesday afternoon, according to Spokane County Fire ...
South of Spokane, the Winona Fire in Whitman County had burned at least 7.8 square miles (20.2 square kilometers) of grass and brush and prompted evacuations orders for Winona, a tiny hamlet of ...
The Oregon Fire began in Spokane County near the community of Elk at about 4:13 pm on August 18, 2023. High winds and low relative humidity caused extremely rapid fire growth. [1] [3] [4] [5] On August 21 the remnants of Hurricane Hilary brought cooler temperatures and rainfall to the northwest. This significantly moderated fire behavior and ...
The Gray Fire was ignited on August 18 near Medical Lake in Spokane County and grew to over 9,500 acres (3,800 ha) within a day. It prompted the evacuation of Medical Lake and parts of Cheney and shut down portions of Interstate 90 and State Route 902. [22] One death was determined to be from the Gray Fire while another was caused by the nearby ...
Two wildfires in Spokane County, Washington have burned more than 20,000 acres and left at least two people dead, officials say. As of Sunday night, the Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire had each ...
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents in the Moccasin Bay area of Spangle. [11] By August 22, fires in Spokane County had destroyed 10 homes. [12] The Hart Road Fire in nearby Lincoln County grew to more than 1,600 acres (650 ha) and triggered the evacuation of nearby residents, and destroyed 11 homes. [13] [14]
A Level 3 evacuation notice was issued for an area ... The Columbia Basin fire was 300 acres at 8 p.m. when crews had stopped its forward progress, said Ryan Rodruck, spokesman for Washington ...