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64,000 Evacuated as Wildfires Sweep Eastern Washington State
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At least 700 buildings have been destroyed, and 64,000 people are under immediate evacuation orders after a wildfire broke out over the weekend in Spokane, Washington, officials said Monday.
According to Courtney James, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, as of Monday morning, the fires were still 0 percent contained.
In Washington state alone, at least 390 square miles have burned, as federal, state, and local agencies are stretched to the limit.
In Idaho, Oregon, and Utah, crews are using bulldozers, helicopters, and other resources to fight a fire that has burned almost 525 square miles.
By the morning of Aug. 3, more than 57 square miles were burned, killing more than 100 head of cattle.