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Evacuations are in place as three wildfires burn in eastern Washington state, officials said. The largest of the blazes known as the Gray Fire, located in and around Medical Lake in Spokane County has burned approximately 9,500 acres and is 0% contained, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Hundreds of firefighters "engaged in a very active fire fight" overnight, Spokane County Fire Chief Cody Rohrbach said during a press briefing Saturday.