PHOTOS: A woman was rescued from a burning townhome at a Vancouver apartment complex on Saturday, according to firefighters. Shortly before noon, crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were sent to a housing complex on Northeast Vancouver Mall Drive after callers reported smoke and fire.

Firefighters found a townhouse filled with flames. They searched the unit and rescued a woman still inside. She was given medical treatment at the scene and then rushed to the hospital. Officials have not released any information on her injuries or condition. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office.

KPTV FOX 12 Portland

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PHOTOS: A brush fire started burning in a Renton neighborhood late Friday morning after a caller reported flames in a neighbor’s yard.

Dylan Heitman, deputy fire marshal III and public information officer for the Renton Regional Fire Authority, said a person called at 11:51 a.m. to report that a neighbor’s yard was on fire near Southeast 170th Street and 196th Avenue Southeast in Renton.

Heitman said the fire was slow-moving and involved burning debris and brush.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. No injuries have been reported.

KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: As Shadle Park High School students returned for the school year, one cross country runner was also trying to recover after the Spokane fires destroyed his home. Just three weeks before school started, Shadle Park High School served as an evacuation center for Spokane fire victims. Instead of students in classrooms, the building held people beginning the process of rebuilding their lives.

For the cross country team, the season did not wait. Head coach Rob Warnock said the Greater Spokane League had long been a tough group with several teams competing for only a few state spots this year.
Warnock said Shadle Park opened the season strong and ranked seventh among 3A schools. With key meets ahead against other teams chasing those same spots, he said the focus stayed on resiliency in life and in sport.

“I think cross-country really helps the kids because it is about digging deep, pushing through the pain and overcoming adversity. So I’d like to think that that helped played a role. I couldn’t be prouder of them…” Warnock said. That message landed especially close for Becks Bird, a Shadle Park runner who finished fourth in state last season and entered his junior year with big goals.

KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

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A dog named Otto was rescued Wednesday after falling over a steep cliff in Snohomish County and becoming stranded. According to a post by the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, Master Patrol Deputy Uhrich drew on his Search and Rescue and SWAT experience, using climbing equipment to descend approximately 10 meters to assess the situation.

The WA State Animal Response Team was called in, and three hours later Otto was back with his family. The sheriff’s office says Deputy Ulrich stayed with Otto for over two hours and kept him calm while they waited for a special canine harness needed to lift Otto up from below the cliff.

KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

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Meet Osvaldo Joshue Alvarado, age 25, Squad 313 chauffeur with the Chatham County (GA) Fire Department.

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