The three large fires that started on Saturday around Spokane had destroyed more than 700 hundred buildings by Monday afternoon. Many of the people displaced by the fires in Spokane are senior citizens and their caretakers. A woman and her daughter wait for news on the status of their home at a Red Cross evacuation center in Spokane, Washington, on August 4, 2026. Residents of Spokane, Washington look through the remains of their burned home on August 3, 2026. Klitzke, the city council member, said the affected neighborhoods in Spokane were known to be vulnerable to fires.