The Gray Fire has prompted evacuation orders for the town of Medical Lake, which has 4,800 residents, a university and a psychiatric hospital.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities.
National Guard troops were called in to help evacuate patients and staff from Eastern State Hospital, a 367-bed psychiatric facility in Medical Lake. A second Spokane County blaze dubbed the Oregon Road Fire also prompted evacuations, the Department of Natural Resources said.The region was scorched by triple-digit temperatures last week, leaving grasslands and wheat fields ready to burn, said Joe Smillie, spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources.
Authorities were calling in more aircraft and firefighters to battle the Gray Fire, which closed down Interstate 90.
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