SPOKANE ON FIRE: Residents escape fast-moving flames

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‘Go now, go now’: Spokane family fled home before wildfire destroyed it

In what authorities have described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spokane County, Washington, wildfires have destroyed hundreds of structures and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people as firefighters continued their efforts to control several blazes in the area. #spokanewashington #wildfires #washingtonstate

The Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence — and apparently knew how to run up a tab. Tony Dokoupil has a Fourth of July toast from the tavern where George Washington once celebrated. #history #georgewashington #history #july4th #america250