On July 15, a fire broke out at Keyes Fibre, a company that makes packaging for fruit. It was not the first time. Keyes Fibre constructs the fiber trays for fruit that people see when shopping at grocery stores, according to the company’s website. The fibrous material can be quite flammable and over the years the plant just north of Wenatchee on Highway 97A has had many fires.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wenatchee World - Metered Site

Sixteen people, including 9 kids, lost their home Sunday evening when fire ripped through an apartment in Vancouver. The fire at Fountain Village Apartments broke out around 6:30 p.m., Vancouver Fire officials said. Smoke was seen billowing from an apartment on the third floor, but the fire was put out by the sprinkler system.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland

Spokane Fire Department crews extinguished a blaze in the East Central neighborhood after receiving a report of a bedroom fire in a duplex just after midnight on Sunday. Firefighters arrived at 403 S. Pittsburgh St., across from Liberty Park, in about six minutes and saw smoke and flames coming from a bedroom at the back of the building, according to a release from the Spokane Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2022 2:38:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

For the second time in less than a week, a Memphis (TN) fire truck was involved in a fatal wreck – this time a motorcyclist died when the two vehicles collided, according to a report published by Local Memphis ABC 24.

According to the report, the crash happened in front of Station 43 as an engine pulled out of the station responding to a call.

The motorcyclist was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead, according to the report.

Just days before a Memphis fire engine collided with a pickup truck and killed a firefighter, injured three other firefighters and the pickup driver, according to the report.

On July 25, a Memphis fire truck was involved in another crash that left one person seriously injured, according to the report.

A Baltimore (MD) City Fire Department reserve truck caught fire while it was on duty Saturday in Harbor East, according to a report published by WBFF Fox News 45.

According to the report, the 2006 Seagrave haz-mat truck was being used while the regular duty apparatus was being repaired.

The fire started at about 6 pm at South Eden and Fleet street, according to the report and another unit was moved up in rotation to replace the unit that burned.