Two people were transported to Community Hospital this morning after a fire at a home in South Aberdeen. Crews are still on scene, in the 200 block of East Curtis Street, working to keep flames from extending into the attic of the two-story home. Battalion Chief Damon Lillybridge said it appears the fire started in an attached building behind the home, “It started in the back, started getting into the main structure.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2017 7:07:37 AM - SOURCE: KBKW 1450-AM & 94.7-FM

Washington state legislator Tom Dent of Moses Lake says he hopes to get three new wildfire mitigation bills passed in the upcoming legislative session. The 2018 session starts Jan. 8. The newest piece of legislation drafted by Dent allows for the formation of Rangeland Fire Protection Associations.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ifiberone.com

A family was displaced by a fire Monday night that destroyed their home and left the two parents injured. Firefighters responded about 9:30 p.m. to the 6300 block of Road B Northwest, about 10 miles south of Ephrata to find a home and vehicle fully-involved, according to Grant County Fire District 13.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ifiberone.com

Vancouver firefighters freed a man from his SUV on Tuesday afternoon by breaking the windshield of his vehicle, one of three involved in a crash on Interstate 5, according to a Clark County Fire District 6 spokesman. The man’s SUV rolled and ended up on its side on the right shoulder of I-5 just south of the 78th Street onramp, said Fire District 6 public information officer Dave Schmitke.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2017 3:35:06 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

An off duty volunteer firefighter was the first one on the scene of a blaze in downtown Eatonville Sunday night. Lucas Mayne was enjoying a perfect evening after a trip aboard the Polar Express in South Pierce County where his life changed forever. “Everything went perfectly, she said yes,” saidMayne, a resident volunteer firefighter with South Pierce Fire and Rescue, who proposed to his now fiancé, Summer Holst, aboard the train.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2017 7:37:57 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19