About 65,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Washington state since the Autumn Lane, Fairview and Old Trails fires sparked within hours of each other on Saturday. Since then, favourable weather has helped as fire crews battle the blazes, but they're bracing for hotter, drier conditions.

Residents returning to fire-hit communities in Spokane County, Washington, found homes destroyed after three fast-moving wildfires forced about 60,000 people to evacuate. Hundreds…

Firefighters worked to contain huge blazes in the northwestern US city of Spokane early Monday after officials reported hundreds of structures had been reduced to cinders.