Fast moving wildfires raze neighborhoods in US northwest city of Spokane

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as...

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Fast moving wildfires raze neighborhoods in US northwest city of Spokane

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