Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 2nd of August.
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The Spokane Falls Community College gym at 3410 W Whistalks Way opened as an evacuation shelter for residents fleeing the 2,500-acre Old Trails Fire near Airway Heights on August 1, with expanded evacuation orders for nearby neighborhoods advising use of side streets * emergency services remain on alert.
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An evacuation center opened at Northwood Middle School in Mead for people affected by the 250-acre Fairview Fire (Spokane County Fire District 9 said the blaze continues to grow).
Level 3 evacuations were ordered for residents in northeast Spokane along Stoneman Road as a 50-acre fire prompted immediate action.
Residents near northeast Spokane on Stoneman Road were evacuated yesterday due to a 50-acre wildfire affecting areas between Peone and Lindgren Road and from Market to Argonne Road as officials reported life-threatening conditions at 3:28 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
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