One person died after a kitchen fire spread through a home near Woodinville early Monday, according to Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue. At 2:10 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a single-family home along Little Bear Creek Road after receiving reports of a kitchen fire.

According to fire officials, the homeowners woke to flames spreading rapidly through the kitchen. One occupant called 911 from a bedroom and escaped through a window after following instructions from emergency dispatchers. While crews were responding, dispatchers learned a second person was still trapped inside the home.

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One resident was displaced after an early-morning fire at an apartment in Auburn. Valley Regional Fire Authority (VRFA) crews were dispatched at around 4 a.m. to reports of heavy smoke coming from the apartment windows and front door of a unit.

One person inside the affected unit was able to evacuate. The Red Cross will assist the resident, according to VRFA. Firefighters extinguished the fire, and an investigator was called to the scene. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Three San Carlos Park Fire District firefighters were injured when their apparatus collided with a Brinks armored truck.

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Los Angeles voters approved a half-cent sales tax hike to fund improvements to the fire department.

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Buffalo Common Council approved $34.9 million in emergency borrowing from Mayor Sean Ryan’s capital budget, while $59.1 million in other projects remain under review.

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