SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Fire Department (SFD) stopped the forward progression of a fire burning near Thorpe Road. All evacuations have been lifted.
The Spokane Fire Department (SFD) says the fire started around 8:30 a.m., and vegetation is currently burning. Fire officials contained the fire around 12:30 p.m.
The fire was burning up a slope toward some houses. The terrain is steep for crews. Helicopter drops effectively helped extinguish the fire. SFD believes an illegal campfire sparked the fire.
Fire officials are asking anyone with information on who could have started the fire to call the Spokane Fire Special Investigations Unit at (509) 625-7120.
Resources are currently spread thin due to several different fires.
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