Growing sprawl in WA woods comes with high wildfire risk
Policymakers and homeowners are scrambling to manage the so-called 'wildland-urban interface' to mitigate the threat.
wildland urban interface
Firefighters and Avista crews prepare for fire season inside the city
It's been an unusually dry spring, and firefighters have already been hard at work fighting fires. Spokane is also surrounded by nature which means there's greater risk wildfires can spread and start inside city limits.
