Spokane area wildfires
Wildfires burning in the Spokane area have blackened about 15,000 acres and two dozen homes. A wildfire west of Spokane has grown to 10,000 acres overnight. View photos from Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016
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A charred truck is seen near Julie Thayer and her husband Art's home on Monday, Aug 22, 2016, on South Yale Road near Valleyford, Wash. The Thayers had been hiking over the weekend and returned home Sunday night to find their home destroyed.
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Farming equipment works fields near the Yale Fire on Monday, Aug 22, 2016, on South Yale Road near Valleyford, Wash.
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The Freeman High School football team practices amid a haze of smoke from the Yale Road fire on Monday, Aug 22, 2016, in Rockford, Wash.
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Wildfire destroyed Karl and Karen Landrus' home at 6009 Joseph Lane near Mount Baldy but left a neighbors home still standing on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2106. The aftermath can be seen Monday morning, Aug. 22, 2016.
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Spokane County Fire District 9 firefighter Phil Schick gathers GPS information on a burned-out four-horse barn near Mount Baldy, Aug. 22, 2016.
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The siding of Mark Walker's home near Mount Baldy suffered extensive damage in wildfire, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.
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Mark Walker view the damage to his deck, Aug. 22, 2016, after a wildfire swept through his neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. His house survived while his neighbor's home did not.
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Wildfire rips through the countryside along Joseph Lane near Mount Baldy on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2016. On Monday this scene shows the homes that survived the event.
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Al Hartman stands amid the ruins of his daughter Julie Thayer and her husband Art's home on Monday, Aug 22, 2016, on South Yale Road near Valleyford, Wash. The Thayers had been hiking over the weekend and returned home Sunday night to find their home destroyed.
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The remains of a burnt home on South Latah Creek Road are seen on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, after a fire burned through the area Sunday night, near Valleyford, Wash.
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The remains of a burnt home on South Latah Creek Road are seen on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, after a fire burned through the area Sunday night, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Art Thayer walks through the area where his home used to stand on Monday, Aug 22, 2016, on South Yale Road near Valleyford, Wash. The Thayers had been hiking over the weekend and returned home Sunday night to find their home destroyed.
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Firefighters negotiate thought topographical terrain while battling fire on East Valley Chapel Road on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Flags wave in the wind on the deck of a home on East Valley Chapel Road on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Rancher Skeets Dunn works to put out a spot fire near his ranch along South Latah Creek Road on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Skeets Dunn right, speaks with his ranch manager Micah Ogle as they plan to attack spot fires along South Latah Creek Road on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Jesse Perry works to put out spot fires near Skeets Dunn's ranch on South Latah Creek Road on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, near Valleyford, Wash.
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Eighteen-foot trailer load of winter firewood
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