'Hopes and Prayers' Answered as Family Finds Sentimental Knife in Ruins of Spokane Wildfires

Fire managers put cost of fighting Spokane fires at $30.3 million

Some two weeks after the Spokane Complex fires raged through the Lilac City, officials with the California Interagency Incident Management team announced Friday that they would be stepping off on Saturday.The team "would like to extend sincere thanks to the communities of the Spokane area for the incredible support, generosity and hospitality shown to the team and all the firefighters assigned to the Spokane" fires, incident spokesman Tom Stokesberry said in a news release. "The strength and compassion towards one another during this difficult time is what makes not only the community, but our country, so resilient and remarkable."

'Hopes and prayers' answered as family finds sentimental knife in ruins of Spokane wildfires

The family found the knife used to cut the cake at a 1958 wedding amid the ashes of the Spokane wildfires.

Spokane, WA wildfires almost fully contained after burning 10k acres

Firefighters have nearly reached 100% containment of the devastating Spokane Complex Fires, which have burned nearly 10,000 acres and destroyed over 800 structures.

Just weeks before wildfires hit Spokane, the city practiced a mass evacuation. The drill paid off

Rather than asking residents to imagine what they would do during an emergency, community drills allow them to practice it.