VIDEO/PHOTOS: Thousands of people who evacuated the area near the Swawilla Fire on Wednesday and Thursday are clinging to hope they will return to their homes once the flames die down. As of 5 p.m. on July 25, the Swawilla Fire has burned over 30,000 acres of land on the Colville Indian Reservation, two-and-a-half hours west of Spokane and northwest of Grand Coulee Dam.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

A wildland strike team has been sent to aid containment efforts of the Retreat Fire in Yakima County, the Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office announced Wednesday. The Retreat Fire started at approximately 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 near the town of Naches and was estimated on Wednesday morning to have spread across 200 acres.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record - Metered Site

A suspect is in custody after stealing a Seattle Fire Department (SFD) engine for a brief period of time on Wednesday morning. A witness called 911 at around 3:30 a.m. to report that a man rode a scooter up to an SFD fire truck, climbed inside and then drove away with the lights and sirens activated.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

PHOTOS: The cause of a fire that destroyed an outbuilding in Battle Ground on Monday remains under investigation. At around 5:43 p.m., crews from Fire District 3 were dispatched to a fire after several callers reported seeing an outbuilding engulfed in flames about 10 feet from a home. They also reported hearing several explosions.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Retreat Fire forced Camp Ghormley to evacuate leaving parents worried about their kids off at summer camp. Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m., Camp Executive Director Joel Whitehead noticed smoke nearby and drove to the fire. Whitehead says U.S. Forest Services didn’t tell him to evacuate camp until 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now