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Last updated July 13, 2008 9:23 p.m. PT

Spokane Valley residents return to homes after fire

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPOKANE VALLEY -- Two hundred Spokane Valley residents who were forced to evacuate by Friday's destructive fire that burned 13 homes were allowed to return to their homes Sunday.

The evacuation order was reduced from Level 3 -- which means residents have to leave when ordered -- to Level 2, which means residents have to be ready to leave.

Meanwhile, 250 firefighters were mopping up the 1,006-acre Spokane Valley wildfire Sunday, reporting it 60 percent contained.

On Saturday, officials said a small recreational fire started the blaze.

The person believed to be responsible had been identified, but the identity was being withheld pending completion of the investigation, fire supervisors said.

In other major wildfires in Washington on Sunday:

  • The Badger Mountain wildfire eight miles north of East Wenatchee was up to 14,000 acres, with 210 homes threatened. A total of 313 firefighters were on the lines, with the blaze 50 percent contained. There have been Level 3 and Level 2 evacuation orders.

  • The Cayuse Mountain wildfire 12 miles east of Tonasket was at 1,768 acres, with containment listed at 60 percent and full containment expected Tuesday.

  • The Abraham Canyon wildfire five miles northwest of Inchelium was listed at 277 acres and 40 percent contained. There were 104 firefighters on the lines.

  • The Cold Springs wildfire on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Mount Adams near the Yakima Indian Reservation was detected Sunday morning. It was listed in excess of 500 acres.

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