# Video shows thick smoke clouds above mountains from Washington wildfires

https://mins.news/en/video/14557

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-05 21:49 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Chr0gBDHQw

> Cooler weather has given firefighters a chance to start bringing wildfires under control around Washington state’s second-largest city. The blazes began last weekend and have destroyed about 850 buildings. Roughly 67,000 people have been forced to evacuate, while video shows dense smoke rising over nearby mountains.

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