Wildland firefighters expect the Pacific Northwest to see another busy fire season this year with land around Yakima especially vulnerable. “If I were to pick one place that might experience above-average fire danger, it’s the Yakima Valley and the eastern slopes” of the Cascade Mountains, said Josh Clark, a meteorologist with the state Department of Natural Resources.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2018 8:21:16 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

PHOTO: Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped when her vehicle rolled over and crashed Wednesday morning in West Seattle. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene, in the 2600 block of Walnut Avenue SW, at about 6:45 a.m. after receiving reports of a serious crash. A vehicle was found rolled over onto its side at the scene, with a woman trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A man has been burned after a car inside his auto body shop caught fire in Yakima. A crew with the Yakima Fire Department (YFD) went to Central Auto Body & Painting, located at 2302 S. 1st Street, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday. The fire prevention officer was the first to arrive and reported seeing black smoke coming from the front shop door.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA TV

Discarded cigarette butts in a planter sparked a fire at a SeaTac apartment building early Wednesday, officials said. The incident unfolded just before 2 a.m. when a resident at the Willow Lake Apartments spotted flames on the ground floor deck of a neighboring apartment. The resident called 911 and then ran across the courtyard and pounded on the door of the neighbor's apartment, waking up the woman who lives there.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 100

An award from a $10,000 fund is being offered for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for two fires set Monday at Jehovah Witness Centers in Olympia and Tumwater. Around 8:20 a.m. Monday, Olympia firefighters were called to the Kingdom Hall in Olympia for a fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 10:06:47 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000