FIRE REPORT: State resources mobilized as Spokane area fires grow; Governor declares statewide emergency
Crews work an overnight shift on the Spokane Area Fires Sunday night. The three fires have burnt around 8,000 acres as of Monday.
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Burnt stumps are all that remain of sagebrush near Beverly in the wake of the Railroad Fire, which burned more than 8,000 acres north of Mattawa at the end of July.
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SPOKANE — State and local firefighting resources continue battling the Spokane Area Fires after Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency Aug. 1 amid what state officials describe as a record-setting wildfire season driven by drought, extreme heat and high winds.
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