In 2018 there were about 181,500 highway vehicle fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The vast majority of those were gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. For whatever reason, we expect and accept that. But with EV fires it's different. The National Traffic Safety Board addressed these EV fires in January with a report noting that there are two main safety issues.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Car Buzz

PHOTOS: Firefighters from several South Sound agencies worked to battle a 2-alarm fire at a White Center tavern Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. at the Locker Room Tavern in the 9600 block of 16th Ave. SW, according to Puget Sound Fire. Firefighters from Tukwila, Seattle and King County Fire Dist.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Former Ocean Shores Fire Chief David Bathke, fired in March 2019, has been awarded more than $730,000 in damages by a Federal District Court judge. “The city breached its agreement” with Bathke, concluded U.S. Western District Court Judge Benjamin H. Settle in his decision, filed Thursday. “As a result of the breach, Bathke suffered damages in the amount of $734,376.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World

VIDEO: A 23-year-old Vancouver woman was taken to a hospital Monday night following a fiery crash along the east side of northbound Interstate 205, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard. Vancouver police and firefighters were called at about 9:15 p.m. to a crash involving injuries, emergency dispatch records show.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2021 6:27:23 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

The Oliver Township Volunteer Fire Company recently purchased a 1995 Pierce Saber fire engine, reports The Punxsutawney Spirit.

Tthe organization purchased that fire engine to replace its 1988 E-1 Hush, which was purchased from the Sardis Fire Department several years ago.