A renowned South Whidbey chainsaw carver lost his entire woodshop and belongings to an early morning fire on Friday. According to South Whidbey Fire/EMS, personnel responded to the Glendale Road address in Clinton at 1:45 a.m. on Dec. 2. Firefighters arrived to find a burning shed and worked swiftly to keep the fire from spreading to nearby structures – including a mobile home – and a propane tank.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Whidbey News Times

Kennewick firefighters are returning to the Tri-Cities RV Park with the hope of preventing another tragic fire. The fire department is teaming up with the American Red Cross and Kennewick Firefighters Local 1296 to distribute and install smoke alarms at the park at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. The event is part of the Sound the Alarm campaign.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

An East Wenatchee man arrested in a damaging fire last year at the Aspen Heights apartment complex has entered a plea deal with Chelan County prosecutors, after they could not prove he was responsible for the blaze. Devin Andrew Rushing, 21, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of third-degree malicious mischief, a gross misdemeanor, and received a total jail sentence of 15 days, which he's already served.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NCW Life

Two boathouses and two boats were consumed by fire Wednesday morning on Clover Island in Kennewick. Black smoke was seen billowing from the boat houses at about 7:30 a.m. on the man-made island on the Columbia River near the cable bridge. Kennewick firefighters arrived to find that a fire suppression piping system on the docks that is supposed to supply water was frozen or broken.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri City-Herald - Metered Site

A man was arrested after he was found by Howland Township firefighters rummaging through the kitchen cabinets of their living quarters at the main township fire station in Warren (OH), TribToday.com reported.

Police officers were dispatched about 4:37 a.m. Sunday and found a man, identified as Raymond Morgan, seated on the back of a rescue truck, according to a Howland police report.

A fire official stated three firefighters were asleep at the station and were awakened when they heard the door from the engine bay open and close. When one firefighter went to check on the noise, he found a man in the kitchen, the report said.

When the intruder tried to run, the firefighter ordered him to stop and to go to the fire station engine bay. The captain called then 911, according to the report.

When a police officer responded, the man was asked what he was doing inside the fire station. The man claimed that a couple he didn’t know held him hostage the past two to three days in the bedroom of his home in the 1500 block of Niles Cortland Road NE, the report said. He said he managed to break free and ran to the fire station for help, the report said.

A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 13.