The Autumn Lane fire grew more Monday night, still no containment on Spokane fires

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Tue., Aug. 4, 2026

Corrine Rogers, owner of the Nine Mile Store, laughs with local patron Troy Johnson, as they share community news about the Autumn Lane fire and road closures Tuesday in Nine Mile Falls. Rogers has kept her store and gas station open amid the fire to serve the community.

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A firefighter works to extinguish a hot spot near a home on the Autumn Lane Fire on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls. A new fire was reported Wednesday near North Sparrow Land and Long Lake Road, which is west of the Autumn Lane Fire.

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Corrine Rogers, owner of the Nine Mile Store, gets emotional as she talks about the loss of her son, Chris, due to complications from schizophrenia in 2018, and to the loss her community has felt from the Autumn Lane fire on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. Rogers has kept the store open amid the fire to serve the community.

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Troy Johnson fills up gas tanks in the wake of the Autumn Lane fire at the Nine Mile Store on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. Corrine Rogers, owner of the Nine Mile Store has kept it open amid the fire to serve the community.

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Corrine Rogers, owner of the Nine Mile Store, laughs with customer Troy Johnson, as they share community news about the Autumn Lane fire and road closures on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. Rogers has kept her store and gas station open amid the fire to serve the community.

Tyler Tjomsland The Spokesman-Review
A firefighter works to extinguish a hot spot near a home on the Autumn Lane fire on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash.

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A firefighter works to extinguish a hot spot near a home on the Autumn Lane fire on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash.

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