{"id":7478,"date":"2026-08-03T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:11:46","slug":"photos-wildfires-in-spokane-lead-to-thousands-of-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=7478","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Chris Mutton, left, whose house burned in a wildfire speaks with Shane Maggart on Aug. 2, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.\n \n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>

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Firefighters in Spokane, Wash. have been battling three major wildfires that burned through more than 7,000 acres, destroyed some 600 homes and forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people.<\/p>

The Old Trails Fire, the Autumn Lane Fire and the Fairview Fire are all burning near Spokane, which is Washington state’s second-largest city with a population of more than 230,000.<\/p>

Here are images of the areas affected by the fires:<\/p>

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\n The Old Trails Fire is seen from W. Northwest Blvd., on Aug. 1, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.\n \n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/svg>\ntoggle caption<\/b>\n<\/b>\n<\/div>\n\n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n A burned car smolders in front of a burned out home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Wash., on August 2, 2026.\n \n \n Erick Doxey \/ AFP via Getty Images\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/svg>\ntoggle caption<\/b>\n<\/b>\n<\/div>\n\n \n Erick Doxey \/ AFP via Getty Images\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Three members of the Spokane Fire Department sit on a curb in front of burned out homes in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Wash., on August 2, 2026.\n \n \n Erick Doxey \/ AFP via Getty Images\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>

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\n Dan Munson and his wife Suzi Munson stand in the backyard of their house on W. TIffany Ave. which burned in a wildfire, on Aug. 2, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.\n \n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/svg>\ntoggle caption<\/b>\n<\/b>\n<\/div>\n\n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Andrew Rowley watches Old Trails Fire from Dwight Merkel Sports Complex after evacuating, on Aug. 1, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.\n \n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/svg>\ntoggle caption<\/b>\n<\/b>\n<\/div>\n\n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n A home on N. Victor St. and W. Lyons Ave. burned by a wildfire smolders on Aug. 2, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.\n \n \n Young Kwak\/AP\n \n <\/b>\nhide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>

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