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With some 67,000 people under evacuation orders amid the three blazes , hundreds could be coming home to total losses. "All of our memories are gone," said Anna Andreachi, a Spokane resident whose home was lost in the blaze. "My dad just died, and all of his stuff was still in there, too." More than 700 buildings in the Spokane area have been destroyed, and another 400 have yet to be assessed, officials said Monday. "It's a nightmare situation," Washington Gov. Aaron Farinacci, a Spokane resident who has a prior manslaughter conviction, was booked on suspicion of first degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire and was being held on $1 million bond, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.