The Gray Fire broke out west of Spokane and had grown to at least 15 square miles by Saturday, with no containment.
A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday.
It grew to nearly 15 square miles by Saturday morning, with zero containment. That remained the case Saturday evening. Officials didn't expect to have new size estimates until Sunday morning, she said.Evacuations were ordered for the town as winds blew the flames southward, Hoygaard said. The evacuations were extended Saturday evening southeast to the town of Tyler, she said."They were driving into Spokane when they got alerts on their phone that there were ...
The fire swept through the neighborhood soon after they left, destroying his parents' home and his uncle's home, just two houses away. Zappone said his parents had lived there since 2003 and had just paid it off last year.The blaze burned through the south side of the town and then jumped Interstate 90 on Friday night, forcing its closure, Hoygaard said. The major east-west thoroughfare remained closed in both directions Saturday evening.
There was one confirmed fatality associated with the fire, Hoygaard said. Further details were not immediately released.
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