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VIDEO: Spokane Valley Fire Department received international reaccreditation, a recognition the department said reflected its focus on high-quality emergency service. The honor came from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. The recognition highlighted the department’s commitment to excellence.

Spokane Valley Fire is one of just more than 300 agencies worldwide to hold that status. The reaccreditation process included a comprehensive self-assessment and a peer review by other fire service professionals. The department said the goal was to highlight agencies demonstrating exceptional service.

KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

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VIDEO: New video shows dozens of fireworks being let off from a truck in Douglas County, which investigators say sparked the deadly Chelan Hills fire in early July.

Michael Yakimov, 18, is accused of launching fireworks from the moving truck. The Chelan Hills Fire killed one person, injured six firefighters and caused more than $6 million in losses.

Yakimov faces charges of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree arson, first-degree malicious mischief and six counts of third-degree assault.

The video, obtained by KING 5 through a public records request, shows several people riding in the bed of a truck while driving on U.S. Highway 97 near Orondo shortly after midnight on July 4. A large Roman candle is seen firing dozens of fiery shots toward another vehicle and behind the truck.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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PHOTOS: The newly built terminal dock in Whittier caught fire Monday with flames and billowing smoke engulfing the area around the dock.

The cause of the blaze was unknown as of Monday afternoon, at which time the fire was still burning.

Whittier City Manager Jackie Wilde confirmed that there is an active fire at the Glacier Creek Cruise Ship terminal. The U.S. Coast Guard said the fire was first reported to that agency at 11 a.m.

Photos and videos show a tour boat named the Klondike Express next to the dock when it caught fire. Wilde says the boat has since moved away. She also states that a cruise ship has moved away from the dock. The Coast Guard said there were no passengers on the Klondike Express when the fire started.

One cruise ship, the Norwegian Jade, has left the dock after being moored there when the fire started, according to the Coast Guard.

Eyewitness Barbara Mackessy said she was docked in the middle of a back-to-back cruise waiting for new passengers when she saw the fire.

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VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Crews removed a plane from Lake Wausau on Monday after the aircraft, carrying U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, made an emergency landing in the water on Saturday night.

The plane was raised to the surface using air bags, lifted out of the water onto land and moved to a storage location. A towing company was brought in to recover it Monday morning, and the removal took several hours. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are also part of the response.

Tiffany said he was flying back from La Crosse on Saturday night, Sept. 12, when the small plane he was riding in lost power on final approach to the Wausau Airport. He said the pilot told him to tighten his seatbelt, and about 10 seconds later, they hit the water.

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office said deputies got the 911 call just before 9 p.m. Saturday. The two men were able to get off of the plane and waited on top of it for help. But the aircraft started sinking, so they swam to a nearby sandbar.

About 15 minutes later, Wausau Fire crews reached them by boat. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the emergency landing. Both Tiffany and the pilot needed stitches but are going to be OK. Tiffany said his head hit the plane’s dashboard. Both men were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released.

WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

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