Eastern Washington fires destroy 600 structures and force 60,000 to evacuate
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The extensive destruction and mass evacuations in Eastern Washington's Spokane area demonstrate the growing threat wildfires pose to significant urban centers. This event further highlights the severe strain on federal and local firefighting resources, a challenge increasingly common amid widespread blazes across the Western US.
Wildfires in and around Spokane have stretched ability of federal and local agencies to fight blazesWildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday.The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second largest city, burned about 8.2 sq miles (about 21 sq km), but they were among dozens across the western US that stretched the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them. A total of about 390 sq miles have burned across the state, and some of the fires, including those in the Spokane area, have not been contained. Continue reading...
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