Spokane firefighters responded just after 1 p.m. Friday to a structure fire inside a nine-unit apartment building in Browne’s Addition. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the fire at 1730 W. Pacific Avenue likely started in the basement and extended to the building’s attic. “Everyone was evacuated. There were no injuries,” Schaeffer said.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2017 3:07:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

An updated ballot count Wednesday night shows that Lacey Fire District 3’s Proposition 1 now has a dramatically improved chance of passing, according to Thurston County Auditor data. After Tuesday night’s ballot count, Proposition 1 had enough support at 74.7 percent, but voter turnout was still too low.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2017 9:34:44 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

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