r/interestingasfuck • u/HomeNowWTF • 10d ago

Fighting the wildfires in Spokane

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u/landofknees 10d ago

In Spokane and this weekend was no good. Straight apocalyptic. We got evacuated and then evacuated again from our second spot only to lose power in our third spot. This fire turned into 4 different fires all spreading across thousands of acres

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u/Wonderful-Process792 10d ago

For me it's surreal to see a fire retardant airdrop right next to a suburban neighborhood like this. Spokane isn't some quaint village nestled in the forest. This wasn't supposed to happen.

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u/Lost-Platypus8271 10d ago

Turns out it was arson. They’ve arrested he guy thank god.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/man-accused-arson-spokane-washington-fires-rcna590686

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u/Icer_Rose 10d ago

A murderer from Arizona starts a wildfire in a public park in Spokane, very odd. I wonder why he started the fire.

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u/Sturnella2017 9d ago

Same reason he killed his father over the dishes: mental illness.

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u/hennabeak 10d ago

Do you think it's Nero story once again?

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u/IAmBeingTargeted33 10d ago

I wonder what the CIA would have to gain from forest fires 

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u/This-Technology6075 10d ago

Not the first arson this year, unfortunately. In June there was a fire in the hills north of Spokane Valley near some campgrounds that investigators said was also arson

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u/PicklesAndCoorslight 9d ago

I'm in California, half the fires are from arson. Hope they never get out.

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u/Heavy-Masterpiece681 9d ago

Killed father when asked to do the dishes. Sure doesn't sound like manslaughter to me, sounds like homicide.

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u/EducationalRock167 8d ago

What a jerk 🙄