‘It’s really, really scary’: Community on alert after fires near TJ Meenach Bridge cause evacuations

SPOKANE, Wash. — West Elliot Drive is lined with apartment complexes. All of them had to evacuate on Tuesday after four fires sparked near TJ Meenach Bridge.

“It’s scary. It’s really, really scary,” said Heather Morris, one of the people forced to evacuate on Tuesday.

In the block of apartment complexes are Catholic Charities’ Mother Teresa Haven and The Sisters Haven. Morris said a lot of children live in the area—one woman is a single mother of eight children, including an infant. There’s also a daycare on site, which made evacuations more complicated…

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