“I started getting emotional. I start crying and I’m like, ‘Come on, please pray.'”
Relying on prayers to persevere — that’s how Barbara Cox is trying to move forward after fleeing her home in Nespelem with her 20-month old daughter. “In the last 30 years, I haven’t seen a fire like this,” said Cox.
Her daughter has asthma and Barbara isn’t sure when she’ll be able to go back home.
“I just don’t want my daughter around that, because breathing in all that black smoke is making her health a lot worse,” said Cox.
She’s one of hundreds displaced by fires started by lightning that fire crews still haven’t been able to get under control. So far, 10,000 acres have burned — more than 15 square miles. High winds, brush, trees and extremely dry conditions are making the task even harder.