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Spokane fires destroy hundreds of structures
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The Missoula Current News - Daily News in Missoula Montana
Bill Lucia(Washington State Standard) Wildfires swept into Spokane on Saturday, burning hundreds of buildings in and around Washington’s second-largest city.
About 700 structures, including homes, had been destroyed, according to estimates in a Sunday morning report from the Washington State Emergency Operations Center.
The Spokane Complex of fires had spread across more than 7,700 acres as of Sunday evening, according to InciWeb.
California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 took command of the Spokane fires on Sunday.
Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove said Sunday afternoon that, in total, more than 900 personnel from various agencies were battling the Spokane fires.