Gray and Oregon Road fires exceed 10K acres, continue burning
An aerial view of the Oregon Road fire area north of Spokane. The fire was 4% contained as of Thursday.
COURTESY PHOTO/NATHAN GOODRICH/NORTHEAST WASHINGTON FIRE INFO
SPOKANE — The Gray fire, which started Aug. 18 about 17 miles west of Spokane, was 58% contained at 10,016 acres Thursday, according to a statement from the state Department of Natural Resources. The blaze prompted the evacuation of the entire city of Medical Lake, as well as the communities of Lakeland Village, and Four Lakes, for several days, but all evacuations had been downgraded to levels 1 and 2 .by Thursday and SR 902 had reopened.
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