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Wildfires in Spokane, Washington Displace Thousands

7 articles from 6 outlets First seen: August 02, 2026
Outlets: 3 left · 1 center · 1 right · 1 unclassified · Earliest publisher-stamped report: PBS NewsHour

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Where outlets disagree Contested

No neutral account cleared verification for this story, so we assert nothing as settled. Below is the raw record: what 6 outlets agree on, and exactly where they differ — each with the source's own words.

Number of buildings destroyed developing
700
Washington Examinerright
“About 700 buildings had been destroyed”
600
Al Jazeera Englishcenter
“Fires in Spokane, Washington, burn 600 structures”
at least 600
Guardianunclassified
“destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures”

What every side reports

Wildfires in Spokane have destroyed hundreds of buildings.
PBS NewsHour · Washington Examiner · NPR · Guardian
Wildfires forced the evacuation of 60,000 people.
PBS NewsHour · NPR · Al Jazeera English · Guardian

Reported by only one outlet

A total of 1,000sq km (386sq miles) has burned across Washington state.
Al Jazeera English — no other outlet we ingested carried this

Framing spectrum · 6 outlets

wirepublicmainstream flavoredpartisanadvocacy
Range 4–33/100 (Wire-neutral → Mainstream) Average 10 Articles by lean: 3 left · 1 center · 1 right · 2 unclassified

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): PBS NewsHour, Aug 02, 20:58 UTC.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 3 3 Guardian, NPR, New York Times
Center 1 1 Al Jazeera English
Right 1 1 Washington Examiner
Unclassified 1 2 PBS NewsHour
Report-by-report timeline · 7

Coverage patterns reflect only the ~50 feeds Pure Report ingests — not the full media universe. Timestamps are publisher-reported. Lean labels are Pure Report's classification. Articles are grouped by automated clustering, and counts include syndicated wire copies.

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