By Kenrick Cai
Wildfires across more than a quarter of a million acres in Washington state have prompted widespread evacuations and power outages in the Spokane area, state officials said on Saturday evening.
About 4,000 people were fighting more than a dozen fires throughout the state, Dave Upthegrove, the state’s commissioner of public lands, said during a virtual press conference.
Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency and burn ban
