Snohomish County fire crews extinguished a fire at a scrap metal yard in Clearview on Sunday afternoon. People who live near or downwind of the fire were asked to close their doors and windows to avoid breathing in the smoke. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue responded to the fire in the 18800 block of Yew Way in the morning.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Walla Walla County Fire District #5 Fire Chief, Michael Wickstrom, says they were notified about a wildland fire off Dodd Road and Highway 12 this afternoon. It was burning along the railroad tracks. According to Wickstrom, Dispatch kept getting calls of a second fire off Hansen Loop on the peninsula.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2021 10:12:01 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

An allegedly intoxicated driver attempted to flee the scene of a car fire with Chelan Fire & Rescue’s command vehicle Saturday night. According to assistant fire chief Brandon Asher, Chelan Fire and Rescue arrived to a car fully involved with fire on Highway 97, just south of milepost 240 at 11:12 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2021 10:48:56 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560 Wenatchee

Three cats were killed and a Whatcom County family was displaced by a mobile home fire Thursday afternoon in Maple Falls believed to be caused by a heat lamp. Whatcom County Fire District 14 crews were called at 12:03 p.m. June 10 to the 8500 block of Lilac Lane for the report of a structure fire, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2021 1:12:53 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site

The George (IA) Fire Department and George Emergency Medical Services now have more room to grow following a 30-by-50-foot expansion on the southeast corner of the Fire & Rescue station, reports nwestiowa.com.

The construction, which wrapped in November, added two apparatus bays, equipment space, and a training area; it cost $160,000 and was funded in part by a 2019 $59,000 grant from the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation. A donation to the city from the Heeren estate in 2018 covered the rest.

There are 25 people on the fire department and 15 with the EMS. Before the addition, there was barely room to pass between vehicles except in single file, officials say.

The station was built in 1994 when the two departments outgrew their previous location on Main Street at what is now the George Community Center. Before the addition, the building was 60-by-80 feet and had four apparatus bays, a conference room, kitchen, laundry room, and showers.