Devastation wrought by weekend fires

More than 700 to 1,100 structures lost in three Spokane fires; officials searching for 14 people.

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Mon., Aug. 3, 2026

A charred American flag still flies over a neighborhood burned by the Old Trails fire west of Highway 291 on North Pine Place on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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Saturday’s Old Trails fire was so hot it turned aluminum to liquid while burning through homes as photographed on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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The Burn Area trailhead is seen Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 in Riverside State Park. Burn Area refers to a area that burned many years ago and its the area that the Old Trails Fire burned through last Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.

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A charred American flag lies in the rubble of a home west of Highway 291 that was claimed by the Old Trails fire as photographed on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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A woman walks through a neighborhood west of Highway 291 that was consumed by the Old Trails fire on Saturday as residents began to move past roadblocks and return to their homes on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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Jackson Ashlock runs his fingers through his hair while he and his sister Megan Ashlock process the damage to their family home from the Old Trails fire after they returned to their neighborhood west of Highway 291 on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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Adam Bromley with the City of Spokane Water Department, upper left, jogged over to lend some extra muscle in helping homeowner, Doug Howie pull a safe from what was Howie’s basement as Howie’s family member Kimball Rippy, overhead-presses the safe out of the rubble of Howie’s home on North Douglass Street and West Old Fort Drive on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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A worker with the the City of Spokane Water Department, works to flush a fire hydrant on North Douglass Street on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, after the neighborhood was consumed by the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Wash.

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A man rides a motorcycle along West Rifle Club Road while looking at the damage from the Old Trails fire on Monday in Spokane.

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Crews on multiple pole trucks work in layers to return power to homes on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, after the Old Trails fire destroyed infrastructure in Spokane, Wash.

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Bob Loomis, whose home survived the Old Trails fire, works to clean up yard debris and fire fuels to prevent further flare-ups at his Woodside Avenue home Monday in Spokane.

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A USPS box melted by the Old Trials fire is photographed on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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A woman films burned homes while slow-rolling through the destruction of the Old Trails fire on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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After being consumed by the Old Trails fire, a melted basketball hoop still stands on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash.

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Rick St. Marie, vice president of the Spokane Falls Muzzle Loaders club holds a charred target as he sifts through the rubble of the Spokane Rifle Club on Monday, Aug 3, 2026, after the Old Trails fire burned it on Saturday in Spokane, Wash.

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Rick St. Marie, vice president of the Spokane Falls Muzzle Loaders club, finds a charred target among the rubble of the Spokane Rifle Club on Monday after the Old Trails fire burned through the property.

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Engineer Jack Modjeska of Blue Lake Rancheria Fire 8838 and his crew work on hot spots off of Indian Bluff Road in Airway Heights on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the devastaing fire on Saturday.

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The charred remains of a home on Indian Bluff Road in Airway Heights on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the devastaing fire on Saturday.

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A crew from Blue Lake Rancheria Fire 8838 work on hot spots off of Indian Bluff Road in Airway Heights on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the devastaing fire on Saturday.

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The view from the backyard of a home on Indian Bluff Road in Airway Heights on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the devastaing fire on Saturday.

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