Two people suffered smoke inhalation after their condo unit caught fire late Wednesday night in Edmonds. Crews arrived at about 11:30 p.m. at 7510 208th St. SW to find a fire in a unit on the second floor of the condominium complex. Initial investigation showed the fire may have started in the kitchen, damaging the unit from both the flames and smoke.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2017 3:53:26 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A Kennewick father is thanking the Kennewick Fire Department after they saved his son from a fire that destroyed their home on Tuesday night. Richard Stith called Action News from Seattle where his wife and son are in the hospital recovering He said he was at the store when he heard the firetrucks
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 10:34:36 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

We are in the era of megafires according to an ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. Especially in the Pacific Northwest where forests cover most of the land and fires are put out before they can get rid of dead trees and brush. "When you couple big areas of forest and century without fire, you've got the making for a lot of real estate that can burn," Dr.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 8:12:55 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Kennewick fire officials say a mother and her baby son were flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after fire engulfed their manufactured home Tuesday. Firefighters rescued the baby from the home near the Benton County Fairgrounds and recuscitated him, Battalion Chief Kevin Crowley said. Fire Chief Vince Beasley said the boy then began breathing on his own and was transported to Trios Southridge Hospital.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 8:55:15 AM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

Two Skagit County fire districts had something to celebrate after Tuesday evening’s preliminary election results, while two others remained hopeful their luck might change. With preliminary numbers in, voters in the Clear Lake and Big Lake areas were rejecting a proposal on behalf of Fire Districts 4 and 9 — the districts that represent the areas — to merge into one regional fire authority called Lakeside Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 4:43:54 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)