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1. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Lindsey Wasson

   UPDATE: Spokane fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate (opens the original)

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   SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing. The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second-largest city, had burned about 12.5 square miles (about 32 square kilometers) by Monday and filled the sky with smoke and haze. Light winds and lower temperatur

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2. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Lindsey Wasson

   Shooting at a Seattle food festival near Space Needle leaves 2 dead and wounds 5, fire official says (opens the original)

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   SEATTLE (AP) — A shooting killed two people and wounded five including a child on Sunday evening during a popular food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said. The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers. Police were investigating the shooting and urged people to avoid the area just northwest of downtown. Authorities did not immediately

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