Since the 2016 Fort MacMurray fire in Alberta, it seems that towns and cities are regularly burning to the ground. The new normal. Lytton in 2021. Enterprise NWT in 2023. Jasper in 2024. “What town will burn to the ground this summer?” 2026 is Spokane, just south of the border.
Meade KrosbyThis thread - documenting the rapid growth of a new fire into Spokane, WA today - is terrifying. We’re used to wildfires in the Northwest but what’s happening right now in eastern Washington is not normal.