Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) has sold its Station 59, an out-of-service and nonfunctional north-end station located at 11983 Vashon Hwy SW. The building, listed with Windermere Real Estate, went for considerably over its listing price of $150,000 after it received 11 offers, said Fire Chief Matt Vinci.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2023 5:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber - Metered Site

Visible from the smoke they’re emitting, seven fires are burning within the wilderness of Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. Lightning strikes ignited the fires Aug. 28, and all were burning relatively small until this past weekend, when the Delabarre fire took advantage of hot, dry conditions and took off like a bandit, growing to over 3,500 acres.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Public Broadcasting

VIDEO: A Spokane woman who previously admitted to setting fires in Spokane's West Hills neighborhood now says those weren't the only blazes she started on the same day. Vickie Smith has been in the Spokane County Jail since August 15 after she was arrested five days prior in Tukwila and extradited.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane