August 3, 2026- Almost 65,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Spokane County, Washington, as crews battle three major wildfires, per CNN. Three MultiCare health system locations — MultiCare Emergency – Deaconess North on N. Division Street, MultiCare Rockwood Primary Care – Northwest Spokane on W. Lowell Ave, and the MultiCare Cancer Institute on E. Farewell Road — are closed August 3 due to fire evacuation zones, according to KHQ Local News. The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center also announced it’s closed due to the wildfire evacuation zone affecting the campus and surrounding neighborhoods. The center said evacuated veteran patients are under the care of local partnering hospitals.