A semi truck caught fire on Interstate 5 south of Olympia near the Scatter Creek rest stop overnight and continued burning for hours, the Washington State Patrol reports. State troopers monitored the UPS truck as its 19,000 pounds of cargo burned, creating a huge plume of smoke. The blaze started around 2 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2015 10:39:35 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A pilot and passenger were injured Monday night when their small plane crashed into a tree on Whidbey Island. The Cessna 182, which took off from Monroe, lost power at about 8:12 p.m and slammed into a tree behind a home on the island, according to Ed Wallace with the Island County sheriff's office.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2015 10:35:33 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

From just across the Wenatchee River, Dominick Bonny watched a whole neighborhood in his town burn as a wildfire destroyed two dozen homes and forced hundreds to flee. "With the wind blowing away from us, it was like we were watching a natural disaster within arm's reach," he said. The Sleepy Hollow wildfire fueled by triple-digit temperatures and strong winds roared into town Sunday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2015 4:45:28 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Spokane Fire Department said Monday that two separate attic fires caused by electrical malfunctions damaged homes in Spokane Sunday evening. The first fire was reported just before 6:30 p.m. on Illinois Ave and Smith St. and when fire crews arrived, they found that the blaze was caused by electrical problems in the attic.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2015 1:45:39 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

A wild fire in Benton County along the Columbia River south of Kennewick is 70% contained. The Les Blair Complex fires started Saturday, June 27th, 2015 and are currently at 2,853 acres. A multi-agency Type III Incident Management Team is actively managing the fires that began Saturday, June 27, south east of Kennewick, Washington at approximately 09:46 am.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2015 10:35:32 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19