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MAP: Information on nearby wildfires

By: Tracy Simmons

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August 21, 2015

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By Tracy Simmons

Ash has been reported falling on Spokane. Currently there are more than 10 wildfires burning in Washington State, two in North Idaho, and several others in Oregon, Montana and other parts of Idaho.

Below is a map of the wildfires burning in the area:

The most recent regional fire containment information, provided by the Google Response Team, is:

Carpenter Road Fire Wildfire, 5 percent contained
Kettle Complex Wildfire, 0 percent contained
Tower Fire Wildfire, 2 percent contained
North Star Wildfire, 0 percent contained
Kettle Complex Wildfire , 0 percent contained
Okanogan Complex Wildfire, 38 percent contained
Clark Fork Complex Wildfire, 0 percent contained
Grizzly Complex Wildfire, 0 percent contained

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Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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