The Clark County Sheriff's Office has released new information today about the vehicle of interest they're looking for in connection to the Nakia Creek Fire. Cell phone video was released yesterday of what is believed to be a white or light-colored Subaru, along with two women and two men. Officials say people were "possibly shooting pyrotechnic devices" in the area where the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

About 100 properties near Eatonville are under a Level 1 "Be Ready" evacuation order due to a wildfire that was human-caused. The 8 Road Fire was first reported on Oct. 15 at about 4 p.m. Fire officials said the fire is burning on Washington State Department of Natural Resources land and brush in the Elbe Hills State Forest.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

The plaque outside the Grant County Fire District 3 hall lists names of longtime district firefighters, and in the process makes a point about the fire service. Sometimes it’s something that families do for generations. Jake Hardt’s father and brothers volunteered with GCFD 3, and so did Jake, back in the day.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

Firefighters are working on a slow-moving brush fire near Snoqualmie Valley Hospital on Wednesday, according to the city of Snoqualmie. At about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a brush fire near Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, between Snoqualmie Parkway and Frontier Avenue Southeast.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria helped break ground Monday on Torrey Pines Fire Station 52, adjacent to UC San Diego, that will serve University City and surrounding communities, NBCSanDiego.com reported.

It is the 11th new or rebuilt San Diego Fire-Rescue Department fire station since 2015. The city has opened new fire stations in five neighborhoods since 2014 — City Heights, Little Italy, Mission Valley, Point Loma and Hillcrest, the report said.

A city official said electrification of the fleet and facilities will propel San Diego toward its Climate Action Plan goals, according to the report.

The university gave the city $20.5 million and the land upon which the station will be built, east of North Torrey Pines Road on the northwest corner of the campus, the report said. The total cost of the facility with surrounding infrastructure improvements is projected to be about $22.2 million, according to the mayor’s office.

Once completed, the facility will be two stories tall with more than 14,000 square feet of space and located within SDFD’s Battalion 5, according to the report. It will have three apparatus bays, sleeping quarters for nine personnel, an office for firefighters and the battalion chief’s office, an exercise room, a kitchen, a ready room and on-site parking.