Yakima fire department responded to a quick-moving fire in the area of N. 6th Ave. and River Road that damaged three buildings Thursday night. Firefighters say windy conditions caused the fire to move quickly, and fire crews battled the fire on two fronts and were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 10:49:49 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Two young boys lost their lives in an apartment fire in Colville early Friday morning. It started just before 2 in the morning on the 400 block of North Cedar Avenue. According to Fire Chief Brad Manke with the Colville Fire Department, the fire had already progressed to a stage that firefighters were unable to make entry.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 8:56:29 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

In its 55-year-history, Lewis County Fire District 8 in Salkum/Silver Creek has never yet asked for an EMS levy above its base property tax rate, said Anne Piper, chairwoman of the district’s Board of Commissioners. Until this year, that is. Fire District 8 residents will be asked to vote on a 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed value Emergency Medical Services levy.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 3:13:26 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Smoke for multiple fires in Moses Lake closed Interstate 90. Flames burned through multiple commercial buildings along North Frontage Road E. The flames could be seen from I90. Originally, authorities asked that drivers on Interstate 90 not slow down due to fires in the area of Moses Lake. By 11:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krem.com

A disabled minivan caught fire Thursday evening and sparked a brush fire off I-5 in Lacey. A man driving a minivan northbound on I-5 near Meridian Road noticed smoke coming from his vehicle at about 7:20 p.m. He pulled over to the shoulder, and as soon as he got out of the van he saw flames coming from underneath the vehicle's front end, according to Washington State trooper Guy Gill.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2015 8:51:47 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000