i m so happy to hear that things are at least moving along in the right direction. thank you for taking the time out of your busy day, mayor grace gardner of palm springs, california. thank you. moving up the west coast to washington state, wildfires have forced thousands to evacuate. 200 buildings are destroyed. at least two people have been found dead in the fire zones. the governor described one of the fires moving at a pace faster than you can sprint. nbc s jesse kirsch is joining us from just outside spokane, washington. where do things stand in terms of getting these fires under control? reporter: ana, good to be with you. we re at incident command for the gray fire. there are three different fires that are burning in the spokane area. the wynonna fire which is smaller than the other. the third is the oregon road fire. oregon road and the gray fire where i am right now, upwards of 10,000 acres that have burned.
this fire has caused the most destruction to a number of structures. the most structures have been destroyed in this fire according to officials who also say the largest number of residents were threatened by this fire. thousands of people were ordered to evacuate in this community outside of spokane, washington. some good news, there s 10% containment we re told here on the gray fire. this fire still going out of control. firefighters have been working by the hundreds around the clock to battle these blazes. we have hazy skies, there have been air quality issues. across much of the state of washington there are alerts out for more than half of the state of washington because of the air quality from these wildfires as well as the smoke coming from wildfires in canada. lots of issues in the northwest u.s. and north america right now. firefighters continuing to be battling these blazes. those evacuation orders are