Washington wildfires force mass evacuations as nearly half of Spokane faces danger

Thousands of residents evacuated from homes; significant property destruction reported across affected neighborhoods.

In the first days of August, wildfire claimed half of Spokane's sense of itself — not a distant threat at the city's edge, but a force moving through its neighborhoods, block by block, deciding what would remain. Washington's second-largest city found itself in a condition rarely visited upon urban places: mass evacuation not as precaution but as ongoing reality, with thousands already displaced and the fires still uncontained, still choosing their next direction. Mayor Lisa Brown's accounting — nearly half the city either emptied or at risk — was not a final tally but a living number, growing

Washington wildfires force mass evacuations as nearly half of Spokane faces danger

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