WILDFIRE SEASON:
Spokane, Washington state’s second-largest city, is threatened by wildfires inside the city limits, as winds turn fires into major threats across the region
Wildfires 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 yesterday.The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second largest city, burned about 8.2 square miles (about 21km2) over the weekend and were among dozens of wildfires across the western US that severely taxed the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them.About 390 square miles (1,010km2) has burned across the state, and some of the fires, including those in the Spokane area, are uncontained.
People watch the Old Trails Fire in Spokane, Washington, on Saturday.
No one is hurt or unaccounted for so farFire and law enforcement officials said there had been no reports of injuries or people unaccounted for — but they stressed it was early in the response effort.
