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Local business offers free housing after Spokane fire displaces thousands

A Treasure Valley business is stepping up for Spokane fire victims, offering free housing to displaced families. Read their story and share to spread the word 👇
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HOT, DRY WEATHER RAISES WASHINGTON FIRE RISK (330pET)

Hot and dry weather conditions across Washington are raising the risk for wildfires. Already more than 8,000 acres have burned in Spokane County.
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Spokane County sheriff says evacuations won’t be lifted for ‘many, many more days’

Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels is urging patience as crews continue to battle the three wildfires that make up the Spokane Complex Fire, which has damaged or destroyed 846 structures and forced more than 60,000 people from their homes. “We are not going to be downgrading these zones in any...
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Spokane area homeowners could lose insurance, adding insult to injury

Karen Rawlins pulled up outside the Spokane Convention Center Tuesday and popped open her car trunk. It was filled with pillows for the displaced residents —including her elderly mother — of Devoted Care, an adult group home near Indian Trails that burned in the Spokane wildfires over the weekend.
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Therapist with book on California fires offers gentle advice to Spokane residents navigating trauma...

Often there’s wisdom among those who’ve gone before us. In hopes of helping others, Darla Gale, a licensed marriage and family therapist co-authored Sifting Through the Ashes: Finding Beauty, Peace, Love and Strength Through Trauma, which recounts first-person survivor stories from the 2018 Camp Fire in California, alo
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Sydney Sweeney Hands Out Free Meals To Victims Of Wildfires In Spokane, Washington

Sydney Sweeney is giving a helping hand to the victims of the wildfire in Spokane. For the past week, wildfires in Spokane, Washington, have forced over 65,000 people to evacuate from their homes. Via USA Today Authorities were struggling to contain several large wildfires in the Spokane, Washington, area that have for
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Spokane residents return to burned areas to take toll of losses

Ethan Hill, 11, ran through the charred grass outside his grandparents’ home that burned to the ground this week. He climbed atop the swing and kicked higher. When his grandparents, Nancy and Scott Fuller, saw this house for sale, more than two decades ago, Nancy said she dreamed of opening her back gate into the woods
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Autumn Lane Fire: ‘Operation Llama Lasso’ successful for woman returning home after evacuation

NINE MILE FALLS, Wash. - A llama owner returned from Hawaii and found her three animals back home after they were intentionally set free as the flames from the Autumn Lane fire lingered nearby on Saturday near Suncrest. Milhea Frey said her home was evacuated Saturday night while she was...
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Smoke damage could leave surviving Spokane homes with hidden losses, consumer advocate warns

As firefighters battle 17 major wildfires across Washington, consumer advocates are warning homeowners whose houses remain standing may still face costly damage from toxic smoke. The warning comes as neighborhoods in the Spokane area have been devastated by fast-moving wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes, while
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Here’s how the wildfires in Spokane compare with the most destructive in US history

Thousands of people in Spokane, Washington, have been plagued by historic flames this week, as the event steadily builds a case for some of the most damaging fires in recent state history.

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