The fires in the Spokane area - the state's second largest city - were among dozens across the Western US, stretching the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them.

Several fires are burning in the area, destroying at least 700 structures and forcing roughly 67,000 people to evacuate.

A man was charged with arson in connection to the Old Trails Fire, one of three destructive wildfires burning in Spokane County. Hundreds of structures have been destroyed and at…