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Wildfires in other areas soil air quality on Peninsula

SPOKANE, Wash. -- State and local crews are working hard to battle an active fire and also clear trees in order to open a stretch of Interstate 90 that is

The wildfire has burned about 10,000 acres. a second person died saturday in the fast-moving gray fire that is southwest of spokane. its also burned about 10,000 acres since friday. officials say each zone is only about 10% contained. right now thousands of e evacuations are underway. there are more alerts ahead. this morning ukraine is a step closer to getting american made f-16 jets to help fight russia. russias first lunar mission in decades ends in failure. the what went wrong? well tell...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Closures and detours continue Monday for drivers on Interstate 90 west of Spokane.

Will meet with survivors, first responders and volunteers. the president saying in a statement this morning, quote, i will do everything in my power to help maui recover and rebuild through this tragedy. throughout our efforts we are respecting sacred lands, cultures and that is a nod about some of the federal response efforts thus far. as part of the long-term commitment the president will be announcing bob fenton, the fema administrator for that region will be named the chief federal response ...

Also -- were expecting the president to speak to just all of these different natural disasters, the challenge, specifically of climate change and what he feels he can do in his administration to continue to address it. jose. >> monica alba, thank you so very much. and turning now to washington state where tree active wildfires are ravaging spokane county. officials have found two people dead within the perimeters of the fire but have not yet determined a cause of death. right now thousands of re...

And forcing evacuations. nbcs jesse kirsch has the latest. jesse, whats happening. >> reporter: this is incident command for the gray fire of the three fires burning outside of spokane, washington, official says this fire has destroyed the largest number of structures and has threatened the largest number of residents here in eastern washington state. hundreds of firefighters have been working around the clock to battle this blaze, which has so far not been put under control. in spokane county, ...

Attorney General Bob Ferguson is asking residents to be on the lookout for price gouging and to report it to his office, along with a screenshot or photo.

Triple digits. and norah come of this dangerous heat is going to linger for most of the week. >> norah: chris, thank you. from hurricanes to wildfires. two major fires burning in washington state have scorched more than 20,000 acres outside spokane. forced thousands of people to evacuate. the gray fire and oregon road fire have destroyed some 2,000 0 structures and are being blamed for at least one death. president biden and the first lady are on maui tonight surveying the damage and visiting wi...