Authorities are investigating a death after a fire at an RV park along Smokey Point Boulevard in Snohomish County on Wednesday morning. Detectives are at the scene in Arlington, where neighbors outside their mobile homes said flames consumed one RV and spread to another around 1:50 a.m. The resident in the second RV evacuated and called 911.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Dry grass has been growing all summer and is now prime fuel as the fire danger increases. Many times, the place a wildfire starts is along our highways when someone carelessly tosses a cigarette out the window. DOT video in Kent Wednesday morning saw crews tackling a fast-moving fire at I-5 and South Kent Des Moines Road.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

An electrical fire ripped through their home and destroyed everything this family once knew nearly three months ago. Today the family of five says they're barely surviving. They now live in a small RV with no power and water. "We all just watched it burn," said Derek Mayokok. Derek and his sister Raven said it was just a normal day for them.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

A fire damaged the Olalla Bay Market in South Kitsap early Tuesday morning, setting back efforts to reopen the beloved space to the community. No injuries were reported in the incident. Marta Drevniak, daughter of business owners Gregg and Claudia Olsen, said a security system alerted the family to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2022 5:33:08 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun - Metered Site

King County Executive Dow Constantine recently announced the region’s first-ever Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategy, a set of 12 recommended actions to improve preparedness, response, and recovery as the potential for wildfire increases in Western Washington. The Washington Department of Natural Resources recently updated maps that show a significantly expanded of the wildland-urban interface in King County, areas where people and infrastructure are at greater risk when wildfires occur.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2022 1:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Renton Reporter