About 60,000 ordered to evacuate from fires in Spokane

Around 60,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane in the US state of Washington, adding the fires in the region had destroyed 600 buildings, including homes and businesses.



The Spokane Area Fire, which contains three separate blazes, was threatening the areas under evacuation orders.



The fires had burned 2,180 hectares by Sunday, according to a federal incident management team and said the fires had yet to be contained.



No injuries or deaths had been reported.



Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called it "the worst natural disaster our region has faced."