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AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- Store employees were impacted by the catastrophic Gray Fire that started in the Medical Lake area Friday afternoon, and continued to burn overnight.

The fire broke out at about noon Friday and quickly spread due to wind and dry fuel, officials said.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/1-dead-185-structures-destroyed-in-eastern-washington-wildfire/">Read More</a>

The wildfire that burned through Medical Lake Friday afternoon has torched 9,000 acres of communities, scrubland and trees. It is 0% contained according to the Washington Department of Natural …

According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Spokane County declared a State of Emergency at 12 p.m. on Saturday due to wildfires burning in the region.

Authorities ordered an entire community to evacuate Friday as a wildfire burned in Washington state, leaving devastation in its wake.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. -- 185 strcutures were lost in a devastating, fast-moving fire that started in Medical Lake Friday.

A fast-moving wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. — Spokane County will be declaring a state of emergency at noon as a result of two large wildfires burning.

A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. The blaze began shortly after midday Friday on the west side of Medical Lake, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Spokane, and then expanded, Washington State Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Isabelle Hoygaard said. It grew to nearly 15 square miles (38 square kilometers) by Saturday morning, with zero containment.