Crews work to stop Colville Reservation fire

The main source of Spokane’s smoky air, the Williams Flats Fire, reached the shoreline of Lake Roosevelt on Thursday morning. As of noon, it had burned 34,178 acres and was about 25% contained.

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Fri., Aug. 9, 2019

Along the Columbia River, the Williams Flats Fire burns on the Colville Indian Reservation, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. With cooler weather moving in over the weekend, firefighters hope to keep the blaze from crossing the river into Stevens County.

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In the town of Hunters, Rick Anderson, fire chief for Stevens County Fire District 2, shares a map of the Williams Flats Fire burning on the Colville Indian Reservation with Kenneth Piper, an engine lead with the Department of Natural Resources, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The firefighters have been keeping an eye out for hotspots caused by burning embers on the Stevens County side the the river.

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Allison Tripp, lower right, uses her phone to snap a photo of a blood-red sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019, in Spokane, Wash. Smoke from a growing fire on the Colville Indian Reservation caused the sun to glow bright red as it sank Thursday evening. Spokane led the nation in most unhealthy air quality Thursday according to the EPA. T

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As one of the hottest days of the 2019 summer simmers to an end the sun tries to burn thru the smoke of wildfires north of Spokane in this view from Southeast Spokane. At bottom left a plane heads into Spokane International on final approach.

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