Detectives believe an apartment fire south of Everett Wednesday was intentionally set by a woman who was in one of the units with her 11-year-old daughter. The suspect, 56, allegedly admitted to using matches to set multiple fires within her apartment. Her daughter put out some of the fires, but fled the apartment when one grew in the laundry room.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2016 7:35:29 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - metered site

Detectives believe an apartment fire south of Everett Wednesday was intentionally set by a woman who was in one of the units with her 11-year-old daughter. The suspect, 56, allegedly admitted to using matches to set multiple fires within her apartment. Her daughter put out some of the fires, but fled the apartment when one grew in the laundry room.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2016 7:35:29 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - metered site

Longview firefighters are having increasing trouble reaching fires within six minutes, the national goal, particularly in West Longview, but officials say the city doesn’t have the money to do anything to reverse the trend. A 2011 consultant’s study recommended doubling the number of fire stations to four and moving the one on 38th Avenue farther west.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2016 2:13:38 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Longview firefighters are having increasing trouble reaching fires within six minutes, the national goal, particularly in West Longview, but officials say the city doesn’t have the money to do anything to reverse the trend. A 2011 consultant’s study recommended doubling the number of fire stations to four and moving the one on 38th Avenue farther west.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2016 2:13:38 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

A domestic violence suspect who climbed a tree to avoid arrest early Thursday finally came down hours later after firefighters sprayed him with water, authorities said. The incident began at about 4:30 a.m. in the 800 block of 13th Street when a woman called 911 to report that her ex-boyfriend had just broken into her home, assaulted her, and fled the residence, said Shari Ireton of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2016 2:07:11 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000