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Large wildfires force mandatory evacuations near Spokane
United States
![Authorities are referring to the fires as the Hart Road Fire the Spokane Complex fire. Image: KIRO7](/sites/default/files/styles/content_header_image/public/headlines/graphic_20160822143400784_5736025_ver1.0_640_360.jpg.webp?itok=i1HdUlIQ)
Authorities are referring to the fires as the Hart Road Fire the Spokane Complex fire. Image: KIRO7
Key developments:
- The blazes in the Spokane region erupted Sunday [August 21, 2016] afternoon.
- Authorities are referring to the fires as the Hart Road Fire, the Spokane Complex fire, and now the new the Deep North Fire
- At their peak, the blazes scorched more than 12,000 acres, which is about 18 square miles, Monday.
- Wildfires burning in eastern Washington have destroyed at least 16 homes.
- No injuries have been reported.
- The fast-moving wildfires are quickly burning out of control
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