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MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - Fire officials at a press conference today released that all evacuation levels for the Gray fire will be downgraded.

All the stories related to the Gray Fire near Medical Lake.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - The Gray Fire burning near Medical Lake is now 48 percent contained and evacuations downgraded. However, officials warn wind gusts today could cause smoldering embers to

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - Firefighters are continuing efforts to suppress the Gray Fire, which was reported on Aug. 18 and quickly blazed through Medical Lake and the surrounding area.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - As of 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 21, the following Level 3 evacuations for the Gray Fire burning in Medical Lake have been downgraded to Level 1:

Minnesota is probably one of the most blue of all the swing states. theyre not like oregon or massachusetts. wisconsin and michigan, they have a lot of blue areas but theyre not super worked. florida, god knows, everything north of i-40, we look at alabama being too liberal. these states are complicated. these guys cant go in here with this national message that works great in california and hope to win in. they can pick georgia this year. i know republicans are dancing in the streets because th...

Wisconsin and michigan, they have a lot of blue areas but they are not super woke. florida, god know, i mean, everything north of i-4 is basically we look at alabama as being too liberal and so these states are complicated. these guys cannot go in here with this, you know, national message that works great in california and hope to win in these swing states. i mean, georgia is on the line for the democrats. think could pick georgia up this year but theyre not going to pick it up by saying things...

Have a kind of ma rose theory about how much of the election and the electorate state by state. >> sure. >> -- is already baked, in your view. >> look, there are 35 states in this country where, god love them, but the election is already decided. we know how alabama is going to vote in the general election. we know how california is going to vote in the general election. those 35 states are done. the swing states that were going to fight this thing out in, between 6 and 15, in the broadest sense...

They let us out, the street lights, all of them off. civilians were jumping in to direct traffic until governor cuomo dispatched a couple hundred troopers to direct traffic. but this is new york city, so imagine all of these huge buildings with all of the lights out, no air conditioning, no elevators, no street lights, no traffic signals. so, a lot of disruption for those five hours. it wasnt citywide. it affected the west side. im standing at one of the dividing lines behind me. everything nort...

It was going to hit charlotte county. thats where there was major devastation. these storms are not linear. that skinny black line doesnt mean a lot. if that storm wobbles a little to the west, towards the west, you are going to have landfall. not to mention the fact that you are going to have storm surge. everything north of that storm is going to bring storm surge. people need -- at this point it is probably too late to evacuate but they need to hunker down and heed the advice of their local e...