Firefighters start to contain Washington state wildfires as tens of thousands remain displaced

Fires have destroyed about 850 buildings and forced about 67,000 people to evacuate since they erupted last weekend Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead. Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting Spokane and that...

By Associated Press