About 60,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane in Washington state, local officials said Sunday. The Spokane Area Fire, which contains three separate blazes, was threatening the areas under evacuation orders, according to Spokane Fire Chief Tom Williams.
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The fires had burned 5,390 acres by Sunday, according to a federal incident management team. No injuries or deaths had been reported, officials said at a Sunday afternoon news conference. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called it “the worst natural disaster our region has faced.”
Around 10,000 electricity customers in the region had no power as of Sunday afternoon, Avista Utilities CEO Heather Rosentrader said. State officials have said that more than 250,000 acres are burning across Washington state.
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson said he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday and requested assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The governor has declared a statewide emergency.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
