Three fires have burned more than 8,000 acres in Spokane County, destroying over 700 structures and forcing 65,000 residents to evacuate while Washington's governor requests a federal emergency declaration.

Three people died and four were wounded, including a toddler, in a gunfight among rival parties at Seattle's Bite of Seattle festival on July 26; one teenager was detained and a second suspect remains at large.

Multiple workers were killed and at least ten injured when a white liquor tank imploded at the Nippon Dynawave mill in Longview, Washington on May 26; Governor Ferguson activated National Guard and traveled to the scene as the death toll remained undisclosed.