The Goat Rocks Fire northeast of Packwood has seen recent growth along Coal Creek. On Thursday morning, the blaze was reportedly one half mile away from the Upper Timberline neighborhood. Fortunately, after about two weeks of more than 200 firefighters working the project, fire protection lines are around 85% complete in the neighborhood and the process of moving fuel from nearby structures is finished.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle - Metered Site

A Renton man admitted to having a dozen Molotov cocktails during a 2020 protest. Justin Christopher Moore, 34, was in U.S. District Court this week for the crime, which was connected to the plot to burn the Seattle Police Officers Guild building in downtown Seattle during Sept. 2020. Moore admitted he made and carried the box of 12 explosive devices in the protest to the building on Labor Day.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Fire crews are continuing to mop up what they first called a "fast-moving" brush fire in Des Moines. Crews with South King Fire responded to the fire in the 20800 block of 17th Ave. South around 3 p.m. Thursday. The fire was quickly upgraded to a 3-alarm blaze. The fire spanned roughly 3 acres and five agencies tended to the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Millions of dollars in public safety improvements are underway in Orange Beach as the city moves forward with the construction of a new fire station on Canal Road, MyNBC15.com reported.

Orange Beach Fire Department’s new Station 3 will be a state-of-the-art building, and the first of its kind located west of State Road 161 on Canal Road, the report said.

A city official said the $5.4 million project includes the building – with four drive through bays for parking fire engines and an ambulance – as well as the partial paving of the adjacent Powerline Road.

Firefighters were previously working out of temporary stations at the Wharf, and most recently, near the city’s sportsplex, according to the report.

City officials hope to have the new fire station up and running in 2023, the report said.

The demolition and reconstruction of Beloit Fire Station 2 is expected to be complete by the fall of 2024, according to township officials, BeloitDailyNews.com reported.

In May, the Wisconsin governor announced that Beloit will receive a $7,675,000 grant from the Neighborhood Investment Fund. The next step for the project is to establish what the new fire station might look like, the report said.

The new fire station will be built at 1143 Inman Parkway, which is the same address as the old station. The old station will be demolished in September 2023, with the new station substantially completed by September 2024, according to the report.