Several businesses were destroyed Monday afternoon after a three-alarm fire erupted at a retail building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Nearly two-thirds of Seattle's firefighting force responded to the blaze. The first units arrived just after noon as heavy smoke began pouring from the building in the 2300 block of NW Market Street.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:05:26 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

South King Fire and Rescue’s uniforms may look a bit different this month — but for a good reason. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, SKFR members can be found in shirts sporting pink IAFF Local 2024 and department decals. “I personally have a passion for cancer awareness, especially in the fire service,” said SKFR Lt.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 1:01:48 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

About 15 percent of Lime's Spokane fleet was charred in a warehouse fire Sunday night. A spokesperson for the company said about 150 e-bicycles and scooters were damaged in the fire near E. Mallon St. and N. Yardley St. Spokane Valley Fire crews were first to arrive and found flames coming out of the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:51:10 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Jeremy Snyder said he was inside his home on Northwest 1st Avenue in Kelso when he heard an eruption of flames outside. He looked out the kitchen window and saw the porch and his car on fire. "Probably one of the scariest moments that I've had in my life," said Snyder. "I was out of the house in three seconds.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

In over 15 years under Joe Russell’s leadership, the Soap Lake Fire Department never lost a life. Now 92, Russell joined the department in the early ’60s. The fire chief at the time, K.R. “Rusty” Nolan, took Russell on as an assistant for a number of years, before Nolan grew sick and could no longer manage the volunteer fire department.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2019 8:36:32 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site