An out-of-control monster truck crashed into a piece of electrical equipment Sunday at the Clark County Fair, causing a small fire. No one was hurt, officials said. The truck named Bounty Hunter caught air, bounced when it landed and then teetered on its rear wheels, veering toward the barrier at the fair’s grandstand dirt track.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2019 2:05:19 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

Firefighters say the weekend storms were both beneficial and challenging at the Williams Flats Fire as heavy rain caused flash flooding and washed out several roads. The blaze, which was sparked by lightning back on Aug. 2, is listed at about 44,600 acres and is currently 45 percent contained. Following Saturday night’s storms that reduced fire activity, 64 firefighters were unable to return to the incident command post overnight and remained on the fire due to flash flooding.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2019 12:05:49 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

South King Fire and Rescue commissioners are hoping to approve a new policy that would provide employees who are in the military and called to serve extended deployments military leave differential pay without needing board approval. South King’s board of commissioners unanimously approved differential pay for firefighter Brandon Church — an active reservist for the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2019 1:04:51 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

A Finley family is without a home after a fire broke out Sunday morning. Around 4:15, Benton County Fire District #1 responded to a double-wide home near Locust PR SE and Finley Road. When they arrived, it was engulfed in flames. The fire started in the garage and spread to the house. Fire officials say smoke detectors alerted everyone in the home.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2019 10:37:15 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Fire crews worked through Wednesday night to keep the William Flats Fire on the Colville Indian Reservation from jumping the Columbia River at Lake Roosevelt and moving farther east toward the Spokane Indian Reservation. Those efforts were successful as of late Thursday when more than 900 firefighters continued to battle the fire, but locals and officials remained concerned that the southeast flank of the fire would cross the Columbia and move toward the town of Hunters, where flakes of ash were falling Thursday evening.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2019 9:54:15 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review