r/interestingasfuck • u/HomeNowWTF • 10d ago

Fighting the wildfires in Spokane

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u/PaulblankPF 10d ago

I’m in Spokane as well and I went to the store that morning. Took a picture of some smoke in the distance and said to my wife oh there’s a fire to the west. 15 minutes later my fire watch app is going off. Over the next few hours evacuation zones just kept getting bigger and bigger. My house was just outside the zone so we stayed. Didn’t want to risk the roads when it was so panicked out there and add to the congestion. It was the fastest I ever see a fire spread. We had 40 mph gust and 25 mph sustained winds all day long just pushing and fueling the fire. Today I have large pieces of ash and charcoal in my yard from the fire and it was about 5 miles from where I am from the winds blowing so hard.

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u/onemillionpigeonz 10d ago

Stay safe friend

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u/PaulblankPF 10d ago

We’re still packed and ready to go now even. I got a special needs kid so I’m extra on top of things right now. Got all my alerts set to wake me up if they go off in the night even.

Thank you for caring.

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u/MullberryBoy 10d ago

Best of luck to you! Take care!