The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco struck on April 18 at 5:12 a.m., registering a massive 7.9M on the Richter scale — killing more than 3,000 and leaving a trail of fires that destroyed 80% of the city. Sunday morning, San Francisco erupted in celebration to commemorate the day but to also usher in hope.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFIST

A firefighter was bitten by an African serval cat while crews were responding to a house fire in the Felida area of Clark County. According to a release from Clark County Fire District 6, neighbors called to report a fire at a home on NW 38th Avenue. The fire was contained in 25 minutes and there were no injuries from the fire reported.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

A town's best friend and community icon is being remembered by the Naches Fire Department with a display case in his honor. For nearly 30 years Scott "Scooter" Lounsbury volunteered as a fire fighter in the small town. Too many, he was the pillar of what it meant to be a friend. "Scott was that kinda guy, he would be a poster child for that," Alan Baird, chief of Naches Fire said.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Two people were seriously injured in an early morning house fire in Meadowdale, fire officials say. Crews with Snohomish County Fire responded to the two-story house fire just after 2 a.m. Saturday in the 5800 block of 152nd Street SW. When fire crews arrived, a woman and her son, two other tenants and the homeowner were out of the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2021 11:23:56 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

VIDEO: A brush fire that broke out in Pierce County Friday signals what could be the start to yet another devastating wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest after a catastrophic 2020. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources issued a temporary burn ban spanning the 13 million acres it protects.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2021 12:49:37 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000