Summary

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, FOUR OTHERS ARE MISSING, AND MORE THAN 100 HOMES DESTROYED BY WIND-WHIPPED FIRES IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. 40 OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED IN THE WORST FIRESTORM TO HIT

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 101328
Story Slug TWO DIE IN WASHINGTON STATE FIRES
Location SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
Format PKG NO TAG
Date 10/17/1991
Archive Time 27:58
TRT 1:38
Supers SPOKANE, WASHINGTON BRUCE BULTER, HOMEOWNER DIANA ALLEN, LOST HOME JULIANNE CONNELL, LOST HOME CURRIN SNIPES, REPORTING
Video Description BURNED OUT HOMES TODAY FROM GROUND, AERIALS OF DAMAGE, SMOKE
Description TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, FOUR OTHERS ARE MISSING, AND MORE THAN 100 HOMES DESTROYED BY WIND-WHIPPED FIRES IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. 40 OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED IN THE WORST FIRESTORM TO HIT
Script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Keywords

WILDFIRE
FOREST FIRE
FIRE DAMAGE
HIGH WINDS
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