Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) units responded Tuesday evening to a report of a strong sulfur smell on North University Road. According to a statement from the SVFD, firefighters responded to the scene at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the 2700 block of N. University in Spokane Valley after a driver passing by detected the odor and called firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Owners of a North Regal Street warehouse destroyed by a fire in September have largely ignored orders to tear the building down, according to Spokane Code Enforcement. As such, the city is taking steps to demolish 801 N. Regal St. through a process that would apply the costs for demolition and asbestos abatement – estimated at $469,900 – as a property tax lien split proportionately across the two properties the building occupies, said Jason Ruffing, code enforcement supervisor.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Franklin County Fire 3 is responding to a semi truck on fire on Juniper Dunes Road, north of Smith Canyon. The truck was carrying chopped triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye, when it caught fire, according to FCFD3. No injuries were reported, but the truck and contents were lost.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

A man was taken to a Seattle hospital Monday after he was burned in a garage fire near Rainier, according to Southeast Thurston Fire District officials. About 1:25 p.m. Monday, fire crews were dispatched to the area of 133rd Avenue Southeast and state Route 507, Fire Chief Mark King said. The man was burned either trying to put the fire out or remove things from the detached garage, King said.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian - Metered Site

Rochester firefighters had to back out of a house on fire Tuesday morning when four firefighters suffered electric shocks.

Two were transported to the hospital, one with burn injuries to his arm, the firefighter’s union reported. No one else was injured in the fire, though initial reports said someone was trapped in the house.

The fire broke out at the 5th Street home shortly after midnight. Flames were shooting 20-30 feet in the air when firefighters arrived, WHEC reported. They entered the building, but had to retreat after being shocked by wiring on the second floor.

It turned out no one was in the building.

The firefighters noted in a Twitter post that the city’s radio system also contributed to problems while fighting the fire, as some transmissions did not reach all firefighters.

Multiple radio transmissions not making it to the new radio system pic.twitter.com/hd4HkGfGso

— ROC Fire Fighters (@IAFF1071) May 17, 2022