Crews have reopened one lane of a highway after a landslide near Auburn. The slide blocked off both westbound Highway 18 lanes between Highway 167 and Weyerhaeuser Way. Anyone who was trying to go westbound is being forced off to find another route. The Valley Regional Fire Department posted a photo of the debris, which is shown coming down through the retaining wall and onto the roadway.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The Washington Department of Ecology is monitoring the effects from a fire at Nutrien Ag in Sunnyside on Monday night. Sunnyside Fire Chief Ken Anderson said it wasn’t long after workers at Nurtrien Ag Solutions discovered a smoldering pile of sulfur. “Due to the smoke, they were unable to extinguish the fire themselves.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Loves Park is getting a new fire station following city council approval at Monday’s meeting, which can be seen above.

Council approved the $1.5 million sale for the old Service King building on Rock Valley Parkway.

The city currently has two fire stations: the Grand Avenue facility and the Windsor Road building.

A 26-year-old Tacoma woman was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, after setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles during a downtown protest in late May of 2020. Margaret Aislinn Channon was caught on video footage using fire and aerosol cans to light five Seattle Police Department vehicles on fire during a spring 2020 protest turned riot.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 5:07:54 PM - SOURCE: My Northwest

The village of Montour Falls is set to replace one of its older fire trucks with an $801,653 new rescue engine in mid-2023.

The purchase, from Churchville Fire Equipment, will be constructed by Pierce Manufacturing. It will replace a 22-year-old apparatus.

“The village of Montour Falls is fortunate to have a well-trained and dedicated volunteer fire service that works tirelessly to protect our community and neighboring communities,” Mayor James Ryan says. “My administration is pleased to secure the purchase and look forward to the deployment of new fire apparatus to support our village department and firefighters to help keep Montour Falls residents and businesses safe.”

“We appreciate the Mayor’s continued investment and commitment to supporting the Village Fire Department,” Fire Chief Matthew (Jake) Burns says. “This new Rescue Engine will help ensure the department has the tools it needs to effectively respond to fires and other emergencies not just in Montour Falls, but throughout Schuyler and surrounding Counties.”

The apparatus will join the department’s Pierce-built 2015 quint and 2003 tanker.