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She said Saturday afternoon volunteers had rounded up hundreds of animals, including chickens, horses, cows, sheep, goats and alpacas, from people evacuating from the Elk fire.ĭuke said they transferred most animals to Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds, while some went to the Clayton Fairgrounds, where animal owners can take care of them. Highway 2 ready to retrieve livestock from evacuees’ property. Phoebe Duke, a member of Spokane Livestock Emergency Evacuation Team, was one of many volunteers on the side of U.S. She said people can donate items, including dry and wet pet food for cats and dogs, diapers, surface cleaning wipes and paper towels. Over 200 people visited the school by Saturday afternoon, she said. People filled the 40 cots Friday night in the school gymnasium while over 100 others slept in their cars and RVs in the parking lot, said Cheryl Provorse, Red Cross shelter supervisor. Food, water and clothing was available at the shelter. Many people left for Riverside High School, where the American Red Cross set up a shelter for evacuees. MoChroi’s wife and her parents were hanging out at the home Saturday. “That was one of the reasons why we left is, like, we just need to make sure we can get away if we need to,” MoChroi said.

He said the flames felt like they were going to surround them, forcing the evacuation. “They got very lucky being able to come back to their house today because it’s really close.” “We left thinking that the house was gonna be gone and then fire crew came in and just set up a line,” MoChroi said. Like Murphy, MoChroi, who lives on Spokane’s South Hill, said he and his family waited until the last minute to evacuate late Friday night. Scorched trees and a dugout fire line could be seen across the road from the property. Hank MoChroi was using a hose to water greenery around his in-laws’ property Saturday on Oregon Road. They eventually succeeded, and Murphy drove the truck his grandfather gave him away. The keys were inside his grandfather’s house. Murphy and his friends were trying to start his Ford F-150 outside his grandpa’s home Saturday. He said his mother and sister were at his father’s home, where he will stay. Several vehicles and other buildings were destroyed on his grandfather’s property. Murphy said his two uncles lost their houses first before the fire swallowed his and his grandpa’s. They returned to the torched homes Friday night. “We could see stuff falling from the sky, so we just finally had enough and said, ‘Let’s go before it gets too late.’” “We waited till the last second,” Murphy said about evacuating Friday. Murphy said his grandfather built the home long ago, while Murphy’s home, where he lived with his mother and sister, was in ruins a short walk away. Some people, like Murphy, could be seen Saturday outside burned and unburned homes on Oregon Road and surrounding roads. Thirteen fire engines and 60 firefighters responded to the fire, with state aid being readied. More than 100 people evacuated to a shelter at Riverside High School. Friday to be a simple 2-acre brush fire, was pushed by sustained winds of 19 mph. The fire, which was first reported about 4 p.m. The evacuation area includes a large area east and southeast of Elk. The fire was reported to be 0% contained. Power lines were also on the ground.īesides homes and other structures, cars, fences and mailboxes were destroyed.Ī vast area remained under a mandatory, or Level 3, evacuation order Saturday.

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Still, some trees fell, including a few across Jefferson Road that forced drivers to slowly weave through. Tiny spot fires could be seen rising from whatever forest fuel remained Saturday. The fire left most trees standing but reduced vegetation on the forest floor to powder.

The blaze to the north, called the Oregon Fire, started about 4 miles northeast of the community of Elk and has burned 8,300 acres of farm fields and forest. “We’ll get over it, rebuild and start over again.”Ībout 30 structures were destroyed in the wildfire in northern Spokane County Friday evening that has been overshadowed by a second massive fire on the West Plains. “It’s just emotional,” Murphy said Saturday, just steps away from his grandfather’s home that turned to rubble.

Fifteen-year-old Tyler Murphy not only lost his home, but the Oregon Fire burning near Elk leveled three other homes belonging to his family.

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