PHOTOS: Three people were displaced from their Vancouver home by a fire on Sunday afternoon, according to firefighters. Just after 4 p.m., crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were sent to a house near Northeast Work Avenue and Northeast 45th Street after a fire was reported. Firefighters found a single-story house with fire and smoke rising from the back. According to VPD, all three people who live at the house were able to get out safely, along with their pet. The fire marshal is investigating how the fire started.

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A vehicle crashing into a South Seattle townhouse early Sunday morning sparked a fire, according to authorities. Seattle police said officers responded around 5:45 a.m. to a reported hit-and-run in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. They said a southbound driver failed to turn right onto South Massachusetts Street, drove through a front yard and struck the corner of the home. The people inside the vehicle left the scene in another car.

No one inside the residence was hurt. While officers waited for a tow truck to remove the crashed vehicle, a fire broke out in the home’s laundry room, but everyone escaped safely. The Seattle Fire Department shut off the natural gas and extinguished the flames, later determining the crash damaged a gas line inside an exterior wall.

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A collision that resulted in a vehicle fire has blocked the intersection of West 36th Avenue and South Ely Street, according to the Kennewick Police Department (KPD). Officials reported that first responders will continue working on the scene, causing intermittent closures of the northbound and southbound lanes of South Ely Street as the Kennewick Fire Department changes fire hydrants.

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PHOTOS: The Lacey Fire District says an antique shop along the Yelm Highway caught fire early Monday. Pictures posted to Facebook showed heavy spoke coming from The Second Hand Rose antique shop near Yelm Highway Southeast and Summerset Drive Southeast. Crews arrived and found a fire on the first floor, which had spread to a loft area on the second floor, according to Lacey Fire. Heavy fire activity prevented firefighters from accessing inside the shop.

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The Addison (TX) Fire Department decided a straight stick's maneuverability fit its needs better than a platform.

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