Technical rescue crews from Vancouver and Fire District 6 were called to Beacon Rock State Park in Skamania County Saturday evening after an injured climber was reported to be stranded 150 feet above the ground. The assistance calls came in around 8:20 p.m. According to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian, a woman was climbing on the south side of the rock when she slipped and fell 15 feet, possibly dislocating her knee.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2015 8:58:53 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

A man has been arrested in connection with an apartment fire that started early Saturday morning. Seattle firefighters rescued a woman from a second-story window on S. Thistle St., as flames quickly spread through a South Park apartment complex. Four other residents escaped the fire unharmed. One firefighter was briefly taken to the hospital due to overheating.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2015 2:24:49 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Five buildings and 11,000 tons of hay were lost in a structure fire at Inland Tarp and Cover two miles west of Moses Lake Friday morning. No one was injured in the fire. The Grant County Sheriff's Office reports the fire was started accidentally when employees at Inland Tarp and Cover were using a metal chop saw and sparks from the saw ignited nearby combustibles.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2015 2:20:59 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC

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