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Washington state wildfires trigger Spokane evacuations and power outages
Wildfires across more than a quarter of a million acres in Washington state have prompted widespread evacuations and power outages in the Spokane area, state officials said on Saturday evening. The biggest, the Kaiser Canyon Fire in the northeastern part of the state, is approximately 134,000 acres, he said. For the summer so far, about 450,000 acres have burned in Washington state, Upthegrove said. As of 3:30 p.m., about 200 homes in Spokane had been evacuated, but officials expected that figure to change. Utilities company Avista, which services eastern Washington, reported that 60,000 people were without power. Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency and burn ban on Saturday morning. About 4,000 people were fighting more than a dozen fires. 'When the sun sets and the sun rises in the morning, I think we're going to be in shock.' 'This is not normal. ... Throughout the state of Washington we're seeing fires raging.'