Clark County Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a fire at the Clark County Fairgrounds Wednesday morning. Officials first heard about the fire just after 3:30 a.m. They say it was in the Clark County Dairy Women building. Clark County Fire District says the owners of the building and booth are in their 70s and did not have insurance on the structures.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2018 8:56:17 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

On a recent Friday night, while many were kicking off the weekend with an evening on the town, Jenyne Wells waited for the phone to ring. As a 911 call-taker at SunComm, Yakima County’s emergency dispatch center, she was waiting for anyone needing help. It would not be long. “A young girl is being forced into a van,” a woman caller said, speaking through an interpreter.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2018 7:53:43 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Residents in north Spokane had to be evacuated from the top floors of a high-rise retirement home after reporting smoke Monday morning. The incident happened at the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community on the 7000 block of Wiscomb Street. Firefighters say tenants on the 12th, 13th, and 14th floors had to be evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 7:38:00 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

Firefighters locally and from around the state are already meeting to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season, with the goal of avoiding the damage done by devastating wildfires last summer that threatened homes, polluted our air, and blanketed our skies with smoke. First responders are meeting in Richland for a three-day conference to go over lessons learned from last year’s wildfire season.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 5:40:00 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

Neighbors in Lakewood are worried that an arsonist or arsonists are at work with three suspicious fires April 7 and 8. Investigators believe these were human caused, whether intentional or accidental. "Flames were shooting out all of the windows," said neighbor Shirley Farkas of the first fire. "You heard the windows pop.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 5:17:49 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000