Spokane firefighters had a busy Monday morning after two house fires broke out on the east side of the city. Crews responded around 6 a.m. to 1923 N. Nelson St. for a basement fire that was rapidly spreading to the first floor of the home, Steve Sabo, Spokane Fire Department battalion chief said. Firefighters initially fought the fire by going in through the front door, but later had to withdraw and work from outside the house.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2016 8:26:11 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Spokane firefighters had a busy Monday morning after two house fires broke out on the east side of the city. Crews responded around 6 a.m. to 1923 N. Nelson St. for a basement fire that was rapidly spreading to the first floor of the home, Steve Sabo, Spokane Fire Department battalion chief said. Firefighters initially fought the fire by going in through the front door, but later had to withdraw and work from outside the house.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2016 8:26:11 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Firefighters rescued a hiker in a daring high-angle rope operation Sunday, Jan. 24, after she was seriously injured in a 50- to 75-foot fall from a cliff near the scenic Nooksack Falls east of Glacier. “It was kind of a complicated rescue, but we got it done with some great effort by the folks from (Whatcom County Fire) District 19, who are very well trained and equipped,” said Chief Jerry DeBruin of Whatcom County Fire District 14, who was incident commander at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2016 1:45:42 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Firefighters rescued a hiker in a daring high-angle rope operation Sunday, Jan. 24, after she was seriously injured in a 50- to 75-foot fall from a cliff near the scenic Nooksack Falls east of Glacier. “It was kind of a complicated rescue, but we got it done with some great effort by the folks from (Whatcom County Fire) District 19, who are very well trained and equipped,” said Chief Jerry DeBruin of Whatcom County Fire District 14, who was incident commander at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2016 1:45:42 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A worker at the Hanford Fire Station has tested positive for internal radioactive contamination at a very low level. The exposure occurred after breathing equipment used at the nuclear reservation’s Plutonium Finishing Plant was sent to the station for storage, according to the Department of Energy.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: tri-city herald