A second person has died in wildfires in eastern Washington State that ignited on Friday, burning hundreds of structures and closing a section of a major interstate for days, fire officials said. A body was found in the area burned by the Oregon fire north of Spokane on Sunday afternoon,…
Spokane County Fire District 3 Chief Cody Rohrbach gives an update on the wildfires on Saturday, August 19, 2023, in Medical Lake, Washington. Authorities say a second person has died in wildfires in eastern Washington state that sparked Friday, burning hundreds of structures and closing a section of a major interstate. Fire officials said Monday, August 21, a body was found in the area of the Oregon fire north of Spokane on Sunday.
Gov. Jay Inslee visited the burned areas Sunday and declared a statewide emergency. Those fires have destroyed at least 265 structures and, together with others, have burned more than 53 square miles combined around the state this year. Inslee said Criswell told him the agency would work with Washington to assess damages as quickly as possible to see what federal aid the state may qualify for.
At least 185 structures have been destroyed or damaged with a higher number expected once crews are able to make an accurate assessment, according to Isabelle Hoygaard, public information officer with the Gray fire incident management team. The Oregon fire began Friday afternoon northeast of Elk, Washington. It had consumed about 15.8 square miles of forest and cropland as of Monday, according to fire officials. More than 80 structures have burned in that blaze and about 150 remain at risk, according to Guy Gifford, public information officer for the Oregon fire.
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