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A fire is also active outside the town of Elk, in Spokane County. The blaze, known as the Oregon Road Fire, has burned 3,000 acres and is 0% contained, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said.
About 30 structures have been lost in the fire. Approximately 150 homes are threatened, with evacuations in place.
Spokane County officials said they plan to declare a state of emergency at noon Saturday to help bring in additional resources as they respond to the fires.
Authorities urged people to heed evacuation orders amid the active fires.
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\"We've seen reports of citizens bragging that they're able to get beyond scene and security lines to come in and check on their loved ones or their animals or the status of their homes. I ask, please don't do that,\" Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said during the briefing, noting that resources are stretched thin. \"We will let people know when it's safe to come back into their homes.\"
Nowels said there is no power in parts of Medical Lake, and that the region has been a \"lot of devastation.\"
\"I've never seen anything like it in my entire life,\" he said. \"This has been a terrible event.\"
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Farther south, a wildfire outside the rural town of Winona in Whitman County has burned 5,000 acres and is 0% contained, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said.
Evacuation orders are in place for the town of Winona -- approximately 40 to 50 people -- the agency said.
The cause of each fire is under investigation.
ABC News' Vanessa Navarrete contributed to this report.
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