Gray Fire

Sit Rep 4: Saturday, August 19, 2023, 2200 PT

The GRAY FIRE is burning in the Medical Lake area in Spokane County, Washington, which ignited on Friday, August 18, 2023, from an undetermined cause.

Photo Credit (R): WSDOT East

*Information provided in this update is from “verified” sources. See the bottom of this page to show the list of resources for this update.

Sources: City of Medical Lake

Current Status

The fire has burned about 9,500+ acres with a 0% containment status and has burned about 185+ structures lost.

Source(s): WA DNR

Evacuations in Effect

Evacuation Updates/Mapping: Spokane County Emergency Management https://www.facebook.com/GEGEmergencyMgt

Level 2 and 3 evacuations are in effect.

Impacted areas included the City of Medical Lake, Cheney, Four Lakes, Lakeland Village, Eastern State Hospital, Martin Hall, and Pine Lodge.

Source(s): Inciweb, Spokane County Emergency Management.

Shelters

• Shelter (people): Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Whistalks Way, Spokane.
• Shelter (large animals): Spokane Fairgrounds, 404 N. Havana, Spokane Valley.
• Red Cross: Home impacted by fire, resources available through the American Red Cross

Infrastructure

Reports of damage that has impacted power lines and railroad infrastructure.

Portions of I-90 are shut down in both directions.

CLOSED: I-90/SR 902/SR 904 remain CLOSED. The map below shows detour routes. SR 904 is only open from Cheney to EB I-90 (MP 270). SR 904 is CLOSED at the I-90 interchange (MP 257) toward Cheney I-90 EB closed at Sprague (MP 245) I-90 WB closed at US 2 (MP 277) (8/19/2023 2140)

Sources: WSDOT

Sources: WSP, WSDOT.

Resources

Source(s): CDC

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