Sarah Reasoner, Martha Fecht and Megan Roesler Turner have very different backgrounds and came to consider careers as St. Paul firefighters in very different ways. Reasoner was a track and field All-American and onetime bodybuilder and powerlifter who wanted a career with a deeper purpose. Fecht, a St.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune - Metered Site

The Pioneer Fire has grown to 3,800 acres near the north shore of Lake Chelan. At 0% containment, the fire is expected to continue burning until late October, according to Inciweb. The fire was around 300 acres last week, but grew over ten times its size. The fire has been "actively moving up and down the lake," according to Inciweb.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

PHOTOS: A quick moving fire swept through a portion of Walla Walla County over the weekend burning upwards of 1,400 acres. The Neff Road fire burned 1,439 acres of pasture and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land fueled by high winds on Saturday, June 15. The fire, near the town of Prescott, was fully contained as of Monday.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Crews are investigating after a house in Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood caught on fire early Monday morning. At around 12:28 a.m., the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) announced that crews were responding to a house fire near the corner of 26th Ave. SW and SW Hudson St. The area is a block east of West Seattle Golf Course.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 11:17:29 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

The Nisqually John Fire was 100% contained as of Sunday morning with no injuries and no structures lost, but without quick aerial support, the outcome could’ve been completely different. “The way that wind was blowing, the air resources really kept it at bay,” Whitman County Fire District 14 Deputy Chief Nick Bell said.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 3:57:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane