The northwestern United States faced with an "exceptional" fire season, the city of Spokane looks like a "war zone"

The smoke accumulated over the city, of about 230,000 inhabitants, dropped air quality to a level considered "unhealthy"

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The smoke accumulated over the city, of about 230,000 inhabitants, dropped air quality to a level considered "unhealthy". They destroyed over 3,100 hectares and destroyed about 600 structures. Wildfires near Spokane destroy more than 700 buildings, force 64,000 to fly.

Furthermore, Even though fire activity in some spots has been in comparison with Sunday, authorities were reluctant to lift evacuations in most of the fire zone. The cluster of three blue ranks as the top firefighting priority in the U.S. as a whole, including the drought-parked Pacific Northwest, where dozens of major wildfires have been burning for weeks, degrading air quality across a wide region.

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The smoke accumulated over the city, of about 230,000 inhabitants, dropped air quality to a level considered "unhealthy"
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They destroyed over 3,100 hectares and destroyed about 600 structures.
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Wildfires near Spokane destroy more than 700 buildings, force 64,000 to fly.
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Even though fire activity in some spots has been in comparison with Sunday, authorities were reluctant to lift evacuations in most of the fire zone.
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The cluster of three blue ranks as the top firefighting priority in the U.S. as a whole, including the drought-parked Pacific Northwest, where dozens of major wildfires have been burning for weeks, degrading air quality across a wide region.
according to The Straits Times - World

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The smoke accumulated over the city, of about 230,000 inhabitants, dropped air quality to a level considered "unhealthy"
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They destroyed over 3,100 hectares and destroyed about 600 structures.
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Wildfires near Spokane destroy more than 700 buildings, force 64,000 to fly.
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