Firefighters from Columbia and Walla Walla Counties managed to contain a roaring fire at the Eagles Lodge before it could spread to neighboring historic buildings. The blaze broke out at approximately 3:00 PM on Tuesday afternoon on Main Street. Columbia County Fire District #3 handled the call initially.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Moses Lake Fire Department responded Tuesday evening to a sagebrush fire, which started in a shelterless encampment behind Ten Pin Inn & Suites (1157 N. Stratford Road). MLFD Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal Derek Beach said the department received the call around 6:30 p.m., while several crews were on their way back from a structure fire, which a sprinkler system was able to control, when the call came in.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 9:09:06 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

A two-alarm fire in a vacant building sent smoke billowing into the sky Tuesday afternoon near the Seattle Center. According to the Seattle Fire Department, crews were called around 4:00 p.m. to 5th Ave N and Harrison St. Crews believed that the building was vacant and later said that they used thermal imaging and did not find signs of anyone inside.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 5:59:05 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Construction has started on a third fire station for the Barrington-Countryside Fire District, reports Lake & McHenry County Scanner.

Station 39 is being built and the project will be completed early next year. Station 39 will enable the Barrington-Countryside fire district to respond to more than 90% of all emergency calls throughout the District in six minutes or less.

Station 39’s location will also help reduce insurance premiums paid by many residents and businesses.

The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to sell their 1927 American LaFrance fire engine to the Michigan Firehouse Museum and Education Center for $1, reports mlive.com.

The fire department does not have the space, funding or personnel available to properly restore it.

Part of the agreement states that if the museum were to part with the fire engine, the Ann Arbor Fire Department would have first right of refusal to get it back.

The museum was founded about 25 years ago. COVID-19 has impacted the museum but there are plans to re-open in late June.