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My mom was crying like my dad was starting
to cry because we don't want to watch her,
our house, go up in flame tonig.
The devastation continues for those in
Eastern Washington impacted by wildfires.
The Gray fire burning outside of Spokane
has scorched more than 10,000 a,
and one person has died.
Thank you for joining us tonigh.
I'm Blair Best We'll get to the
latest on wildfires in just a moment.
But first, we want to bring in
meteorologist Joe Ranieri with a
look at the smoky conditions ane
poor air quality out there. Joe.
Yeah, it has been thick
basically since yesterday,
has been thick all day today.
And here's a live look from our
Pioneer Courthouse Square camer,
where we're looking at temperats
still in the low 70s with
overcast skies and smoky skies.
And those smoky skies are going
to be waiting for you as you
get ready to start your morning
commute and stick around a good
part of the morning hours as we.
But there will be relief as we put this
through the later part of the morning,
the early afternoon,
now that there will be relief,
I should say along the coast
and throughout parts of the
the valley and the metro area.
But where that smoke is just gog
to continue to sit over is over
the Oregon Cascades going to be
doing any camping and fishing.
Yeah,
you're not going to be getting
much relief in terms of a break
from those smoky skies.
And because of that,
the air quality is pretty much t
throughout much of the city ands
isn't going to be changing much.
It's down to the unhealthy
category throughout much of the
West side of the state.
Even along parts of the Oregon coast,
you're reporting some moderate category
down along the Central Oregon c.
So it is a little bit improving.
But if you're spending any time,
let's say east of the mountains,
yeah,
you are going to be having a had
time spending much time outside.
And if you can avoid being outds
over the next couple of days,
that's going to be a good idea.
Now because of all the smoke and haze,
of course,
we have lots of air quality ales
throughout parts of Lane County and Eugene,
throughout the Dows,
the gorge of the Deschutes County area.
This green color is a flood wath
that's going to be in effect heg
into tonight and into the early part of
Tuesday as well because of trop,
what's now tropical Depression Hillary.
So as we look at the wind speeds that's
going to be picking up throughot
parts of the Central Oregon coast tomorrow,
Gus,
anywhere from 20 to 25 miles an hour,
we're going to be seeing some wy
conditions at times for your Monday as well.
We'll kind of die down a little bit heading
into Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night.
And temperatures right now are anywhere
from the upper 50s to the low 6.
And I'll talk more about how wel
be seeing some of the remnants f
what is now Tropical Depression
Hillary in just a few minutes.
All right, Joe, thanks so much.
Well, as Joe mentioned,
those wildfires are burning in parts of
Eastern Washington, Idaho and Canada.
Take a look at this video
from the city of Kelowna.
That's about 240 miles east of Vancouver,
BC You can see the blaze
forming over the hills.
They're just miles away from the city.
The Prime Minister, Justin Trud,
says he's sending in the militay
to help with evacuations.
Wildfires in the region have put more than
35,000 people under evacuation orders,
and officials say they do not yt
have an estimate on the number f
homes and buildings destroyed.
Well, As for the latest on the
three wildfires in Washington,
countless homes in the eastern t
of the state are already destro.
The largest of the three is the Gray Fire,
and it's been raging outside
Spokane since Friday.
Now this comes as Governor Jay Inslee
declared a state of emergency tt
more help for crews battling the flames.
Here's Jesse Kirsch with the
latest The wildfires
ripping across Eastern Washingtn
State are tonight
unrelenting. Different places have been
raging outside Spokane since Friday. You're
not doing anything that
the largest the out of control y
fire spanning more than 10,000
acres tied to at least one deat.
Also burning the Oregon Rd.
Fire and the far smaller Winona fire.
The trio fueled by excessive
heat and highwinds,
destroying dozens of structures
with thousands ordered to evacu.
Like Melissa Thurman,
who says her home burned down.
I can't even explain the
feeling of knowing that,
like everything that you worked for is gone,
you know?
Yeah, so there's going to
be insurance and stuff,
but it doesn't make up for,
you know what you see when you
see all of your stuff turn to a.
Today, Governor Jay Inslee
touring an evacuation shelter.
This has been horrendous.
Fires, the aridity, the wind.
This fire moved 7 miles in one afternoon.
And earlier, the National Weathr
Service reporting the Spokane region's
air quality was the worst in the
US and perhaps the whole world.
Another challenge for people
fleeing danger. It
was scary. I was shaking.
My mom was crying.
My my dad was starting to cry
because we don't want to watch
our our house go up in flames.
Some families holding on to mems
as they leave so much else behi.
Jesse Kirsch, NBC News
Well now back to Oregon.
The lookout fire burning in Lane
County was started by lightning
and appears to be in the most
active fire in the state right .
This comes after at least 41
new wildfires were caused by
lightning overnight across Oreg.
There's no word on any
evacuations from those,
but we are keeping a close eye on that.
And As for the updated
numbers for the Lookout Fire,
it's burned more than 10,000
acres with no containment yet.
It's caused the closure of
some popular recreation areas,
and that closure will be in
effect for the next month,
unless conditions there change.
Well, a battleground teen went
missing about two weeks ago,
and his family is still searching for him.
Here's Thomas Schultz with
the latest on that search,
plus the father's suspicions.
Ty's father tells me that Ty left home
around 12:30 the night of August 9th.
The family's been looking for t4
year old frantically since then, with no
luck yet. Somebody knows where Ty is.
Jacob Bouchard has been searchi.
It's been tough fervently
for his son for nearly two week.
Hard to sleep, hard to focus.
Bouchard says Ty is a generally upbeat,
happy, go lucky person.
He stands up for people who are
anxious or are being picked on.
But recently, Bouchard says the
teen has struggled with depress.
Ty left his family's Battleground home
just after midnight on August 9.
I don't know how I didn't
notice Ty moving around.
The longer he's gone, the longer he'll be
without consistent medication and therapy.
It's been rough. We have two
younger kids who we haven't reay
told that Ty's gone Right now.
Ty's mom is in Vancouver, but Bouchard
says she hasn't heard from him either.
Pretty stressed out? Yeah, we all are. The
battleground police have been
on the case since Bouchard
alerted them his son was missin.
Recently, a friend of the teenager sent
Bouchard a Snapchat they received of tie
with newly dyed green and black hair.
Bouchard says it's unclear where
his son is or who's with him.
This
is, you know, possibly something
more sinister or serious that ts
either being groomed or fallingo
a routine with somebody who hass
than Ty's best interests in min,
and Bouchard believes someone ks
where his oldest child is. Somey
has to know 14 year olds can't t
by in the world absolutely alon.
Ty is 5 foot 5 and weighs around £130.
If you have any information
about where he may be,
you're urged to contact the
Battleground Police Department.
You can find more information
on our website kgw.com,
Thomas Schultz, KGW News.