Even when he works two consecutive 24-hour shifts, Chris Aberle rarely sleeps at the fire station. Sometimes he tries. If he is lucky, he might pick up a couple hours of rest. But lately his shift has been getting calls at night. “No one ever sleeps, you know, even if we had no calls from midnight to 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Pilot

Firefighters battled a two-alarm commercial fire at a building on Wednesday evening in Seattle’s SODO area. Crews were called to Seventh Avenue South and South Lander Street, just east of the Seattle Public Schools administration building. A KIRO 7 photographer at the scene saw lots of smoke billowing from the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Stevens County Fire District 1 says crews made significant progress on the Ford Corkscrew fire Wednesday. According to their latest update, the fire remains at 14,000 acres in size and is now 14% contained. What's even more encouraging is that they say they have the fire's perimeter 100% contained.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

A man is under arrest after breaking into a home in Tacoma overnight while the family was sleeping and setting the bathroom on fire, police say. The incident unfolded at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when officers responded to a home in the 1300 block of East 58th Street. Officers responded to the home after receiving reports of a disturbance and fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Fire crews in Tukwila are still monitoring a fire at an apartment complex that left three dead and dozens of others displaced. But as the last few hot spots were being put out Wednesday, some are wondering how the fire could’ve gotten so bad in the first place. “Why didn’t this building have fire sprinklers?” Tukwila Fire Chief Jay Wittwer asked.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle