The Coast Guard says as much as 100 gallons of fuel spilled when a fire damaged boats at a marina in Tacoma. Six boats burst into flames Sunday morning at Tyee marina in Tacoma, sending up clouds of black smoke and scattered debris. Two boats partially sank and one sank completely A witness on nearby says he was awakened by the explosion and saw the boats engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 24-year-old convicted arsonist who escaped the Frank Lee Work Release Center in Alabama. Dylan Carroll escaped from the center in Deatsville, Ala., on Sept. 23, stole a 2016 Chevrolet pickup and drove to the Olympic Peninsula, according to a press release from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2016 3:44:31 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

About 10 miles from where hundreds of firefighters were working to contain the 1,300 acre Rock Creek Fire, a much smaller crew was purposefully lighting the dry forest ablaze last week. The prescribed fire in the Rattlesnake Creek watershed to the west of Nile is an example of growing interest from forest managers — facing skyrocketing wildfire costs — in fighting fire with fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2016 1:52:51 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Fire departments in Spokane now have access to a device that could help them get to emergencies faster. The traffic signal device could improve emergency response times across the Inland Northwest. Scott Fitzgerald knowns how critical a fast response can be when your family is in danger. "First thought was to grab the phone and get my kid and get out the house,” said Fitzgerald.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 7:13:04 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Firefighters had a tough time getting on a property where a brush fire destroyed landscaping equipment Friday morning. Crews from Benton County Fire District One were called near Cochran Road and S.R. 397 around 2:45 a.m. to find a shed, two cars and more equipment up in flames. They had a hard time getting in because of a steel gate and barbed wire fence that surrounds the property.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 6:50:57 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com