Silver Lake fire

A fast-moving brush fire quickly grew to 100 acres and its smoke forced brief closures on Interstate 90 in both directions near the Cheney exit as fire officials called for the evacuations of up to 100 nearby homes.

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Mon., Aug. 6, 2018

Vonae Nielson, soaked head to toe from an air water drop, uses a garden hose to put out hot spots behind her home on South Granite Lake Road, near Cheney Wash., Mon., Aug. 6, 2018, A fast-moving brush fire quickly grew to 100 acres and its smoke forced brief closures on Interstate 90 in both directions near the Cheney exit as fire officials called for the evacuations of up to 100 nearby homes.

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One of four small dipper airplanes hits the Silver Lake fire along Granite Lake Road just south of Interstate 90 and just west of Four Lakes, Mon. Aug. 6, 2018. The fire jumped Granite Lake road and the wind pushed the fire to the south.

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“I hope it doesn’t come up over that ridge,” said Richard Flick as he walked away from the smoke of a fire burning near Cheney on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018.

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An airplane drops water on the Silver Lake fire near Cheney on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018.

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