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1. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Lindsey Wasson, Ed White and Gene Johnson, Associated Press

   Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire was contacted about 2 other blazes last year (opens the original)

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   SPOKANE, Wash. — A man charged with intentionally setting a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city was contacted by law enforcement about two fires last year, though he wasn’t charged in either, court documents show. Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane, was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire, the biggest of three blazes that have destroyed at least 700 buildings and

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2. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Lindsey Wasson

   Washington state fires destroy hundreds of structures and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate (opens the original)

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   This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. SPOKANE, Wash. — 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 12½ square miles by Monday and filled the sky with s

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