SPOKANE, Wash. — Big wildfires burning Monday near the central Washington resort town of Chelan were taking a toll on the region’s main economic engines — tourism and the apple industry.

Visitors stayed away and a big fruit warehouse filled with apples was destroyed by the fires, imperiling hundreds of jobs.

Several large fires burning near Chelan have scorched more than 155 square miles, destroyed an estimated 50 homes Friday and Saturday and forced about 1,500 residents to flee. Scores of homes remain threatened.

The Chelan fires were just some of the many destructive blazes burning throughout the Northwest. In Northern Idaho, more than 40 homes were lost near the town of Kamiah and in Oregon a lightning-sparked blaze on the Malheur National Forest has grown to more than 60 square miles and has destroyed at least 26 homes.