2nd person found dead in eastern Washington wildfires, 250-plus structures burned
Washington state governor Jay Inslee visited the burned areas on Sunday and declared a statewide emergency.
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2nd person found dead in eastern Washington wildfires, 250-plus structures burned

Washington state governor Jay Inslee visited the burned areas on Sunday and declared a statewide emergency.

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2nd person found dead in eastern Washington wildfires, 250-plus structures burned

Washington state governor Jay Inslee visited the burned areas on Sunday and declared a statewide emergency.

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Gray Fire. Major fire burning along I-90 SW of Spokane.

Based on the extensions to the Level 2/3 patterns, the fire is moving slowly to the SW on either side of the freeway.

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Gray Fire. Major fire burning N of I-90 SW of Spokane.

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UPDATE: SR 904 between Cheney at milepost 12 up to I-90 at Four Lakes is currently CLOSED. Drivers are being detoured onto Cheney-Spokane Road to US 195. This includes the already detoured drivers from I-90 onto SR 904 into Cheney.

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“UPDATE: SR 904 between Cheney at milepost 12 up to I-90 at Four Lakes is currently CLOSED. Drivers are being detoured onto Cheney-Spokane Road to US 195. This includes the already detoured drivers from I-90 onto SR 904 into Cheney.”

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(Update: unclear on status of schools a day and a half later). Initial scanner/radio reports of middle school and elementary school destroyed in #MedicalLake #WA due to the #wildfire there -- not confirmed. Evacuations were contining. Scanner reports of fatalities near Medical Lake, but I have not followed up on the details from that night.

Gray Fire. Major fire burning N of I-90 SW of Spokane.
Fire has jumped I-90 at Four Lakes. I-90 closed from Tyler NE. Four Lakes under Level 3 Evac order (leave now). Cheney under Level 1 Evac order (start packing).

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/i-90-closed-in-both-directions-near-four-lakes-in-spokane-due-to-fast-spreading-wildfire

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I-90 closed in both directions near Four Lakes in Spokane due to fast-spreading wildfire

Heads up to those who may have had plans on the east side of the Cascades this weekend: I-90 is closed in both directions between the Four Lakes Interchange and Salnave Road due to the Gray Fire wildfire. Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation say the fire jumped I-90.

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Gray Fire. Major fire burning N of I-90 SW of Spokane.
Town of Medical Lake under Level 3 Evac order.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/aug/18/fire-south-of-medical-lake-spurs-evacuations/

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Medical Lake and surrounding area ordered to evacuate as large fire spreads

UPDATE, 6 P.M.: Closures along Interstate 90 have been expanded. The highway is closed westbound at the U.S. 2 interchange in Spokane, and eastbound travel is closed at the Tyler exit.

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