Gov. Bob Ferguson (D-WA) declared a state of emergency on Saturday as “unusually high temperatures and high winds” exacerbated record-setting wildfires and prompted evacuations throughout Spokane County and surrounding areas.

“More than 200,000 acres are burning in 12 large fires” across eastern Washington, the announcement said, as the state “is in the midst of a record-setting fourth consecutive statewide drought.” The “Old Trails Fire” spread rapidly throughout the afternoon on Saturday, prompting multiple Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation warnings to be issued to multiple neighborhoods in the western part of Spokane, according to the Spokane County Evacuation Map and local station KHQ.