A woman is in the hospital and clinging to life after a house fire early Friday morning in unincorporated Edmonds. Firefighters say neighbors called them to the home just before 3 a.m. in the 5300 block of 134th Place SW. There, crews found a home with flames bursting out of the front door when someone told them the woman was still inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

PHOTOS: Fire authorities working the massive Schneider Springs Fire in Yakima County announced on Thursday new Level 3 evacuations: “Level 3 GO NOW! evacuation notices have been issued for all residents along SR410 from the Intersection of Highway 12 to Little Naches and Bumping Lake Road.” First responders will be going door-to-door to let people know they need to evacuate for their safety.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick/KAPP-TV ABC 35 Yakima

VIDEO: The city is on track to set a record for the number of homeless encampment fires that have been reported this year, an accomplishment that few people are proud of. According to city data, the Seattle Fire Department responded to 520 fires in homeless encampments in 2019, a figure that rose to 825 in 2020.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

PHOTO: The Spokane Fire Department received numerous calls about a train car on fire on the elevated tracks near Sunset Blvd, according to Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer. The fire has been extinguished but authorities are treating the contents of the car to make sure it is not hazardous because it was not labeled.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Twenty Five Mile Fire is now burning almost 10,000 acres at Lake Chelan north of Wenatchee. It’s also threatening more than 720 homes with evacuation notices, with many of them at the highest level where people are asked to leave immediately. Ryan Rodruck with the state Natural Resources Department says the weather this weekend could present a challenge to firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 7:40:34 PM - SOURCE: KPQ 560 AM/101.7 FM Wenatchee