Investigators said a fire at a church in Spokane’s Lincoln Heights was caused by an electrical issue. According to the Spokane Fire Department, an overloaded circuit resulted in a malfunction and started the fire Sunday afternoon. Spokane Fire Department crews called for more resources to help with the fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2022 10:23:27 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

On January 1, 2022, at 3:16pm, fire crews from the Kennewick Fire Department, Pasco Fire Department, Benton County Fire District #1, and Benton County Fire District #2 were dispatched to a residential fire at 4605 S. Ledbetter St. According to KFD, dispatch reported a small shed or gazebo on fire in the backyard at this address.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2022 1:13:28 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

The mayor of Cosmopolis has issued a Declaration of Emergency after all nine volunteer firefighters resigned Saturday. On Dec. 23, 2021, the Cosmopolis Volunteer Fire Association announced that all nine volunteers intended to resign on Jan. 1, 2022. Mayor Kyle Pauley issued the declaration Saturday saying, "while my hope was to coordinate a delay of the resignation of the Cosmopolis Fire Department, this was not the case.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2022 1:32:52 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

One person was killed after a fire broke out Friday evening inside a Tacoma home, authorities said. The cause of the blaze at the home in the area of N. 26th Street and Rosemount Way was under investigation, said Tacoma Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke. Information about the victim's identity was pending.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2022 10:20:03 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

One of the busiest fire stations with the Milwaukee (WI) Fire Department was closed and vacated Thursday, Dec. 30, from fears the floor would collapse in the apparatus bay, according to a report published by WISN 12 ABC.

According to the television report, the station was emptied and closed after firefighters noticed damage to the floor and immediately notified chief officers.
Structural engineers were summoned and it was determined the floor was unsafe to support apparatus that can weigh up to 60,000 pounds, the television station reported.

Eight firefighters and the station’s equipment were immediately moved from the 1911 building to Station 5, about a mile west, ABC 12 reported, adding that Station 5 had previously been decommissioned and was used primarily as a health and wellness center for the fire department’s member since. No members of the department were in danger before the damage to the floor was discovered, the television station reported.

The television station reported that structural engineers will look at Station 30 as soon as possible to determine what to do with the building and any repairs that can be made. Fire officials said Station 30 is one of the busiest in Wisconsin and, perhaps the entire Midwest, the television station reported.