Following their loss against the Minnesota Lynx, Lexie Hull shined a spotlight on the devastating wildfire footage from her hometown. As the Indiana Fever prepare to take on the Las Vegas Aces next, the guard shared a video documenting the destruction caused by Washington’s rapidly growing wildfires, which have burned down over 600 structures.

The videos and images by CNN and Summit Spokane that Hull shared on her Instagram stories showed footage of multiple homes and buildings completely engulfed in flames as firefighters rushed to protect neighborhoods around Spokane.

The clip also added that apart from homes, a sports complex has also been affected. Per NBC, a combination of three separate blazes, including the Old Trail Fire, is powering the Spokane Complex Fire, and firefighters haven’t been able to contain any of the three blazes.

“This is a nuclear bomb going off in our neighborhoods. And it’s not like forest fires because this is condensed into where it’s demographically a lot of people. It’s really tragic,” a man being interviewed said as flames raged on.

Meanwhile, one of the firefighters CNN interviewed said, “The primary mission is life, structure protection. Wherever those two things are, those are the number one priorities for the firefighters.”

The New York Times reported that the fire has scorched at least 5,390 acres in Spokane alone. Mayor Lisa Brown said that major facilities, including water reclamation, waste-energy plant, and the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, had all been evacuated. Brown also added that she expects the number of evacuated homes to exceed the most recent figure of 200.

“These are large areas of the city, so I assume it’s going to be more than that,” she said.

More than 4000 firefighters aided by the National Guard from more than a dozen states are helping contain the fire, but haven’t made much progress.

“It’s a tragedy what we’re ⁠seeing over ​there. When the sun sets, and the sun rises in the morning, I think we’re going to be in shock ​to see some of the scenes that emerged out there,” said Major General Gent Welsh, adjutant general of the ​Washington National Guard.

The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for eastern Washington, categorized ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation,’ a first for the state.

This hits close to home for Hull, given that she is not only from Spokane, but grew up and began her journey with basketball there.

Spokane Roots Make the Tragedy More Personal for Lexie Hull

Born near Liberty Lake in Spokane County, Hull became one of eastern Washington’s most celebrated high school basketball players at Central Valley High School. Hull and her twin sister Lacie led the school to two Washington Class 4A state championships before Lexie eventually moved on to Stanford and the WNBA.

She finished her career there as the school’s all-time leading scorer and was named Washington Gatorade Player of the Year, AP Washington All-Classification Player of the Year, and Greater Spokane League MVP.

She also played AAU basketball for the Spokane Stars, one of the best youth programs in the area. Her father, Jason Hull, also has connections to the area, having played college basketball at Whitworth University in Spokane.

Last year, the NBA, NBPA, WNBA and WNBPA came together to pledge a million dollars during the LA wildfires.

“The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are donating one million dollars for immediate relief to the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and other organizations to support those affected by this disaster and are working with the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Sparks on ways to support longer-term assistance and rebuilding efforts.”

While neither the NBA nor the WNBA has announced any relief yet, as the inferno continues to rage, it won’t be surprising to see the league and their player associations take an active part in supporting the firefighters and the 60,000 people who have been evacuated.