Spokane Valley fire responded to a shop fire on N. Lily Road Sunday morning that was beginning to spread. When crews arrived, the shop was fully engulfed in flames and a nearby tree was catching fire. The fires were an immediate threat to another nearby shop and houses in the area. Fire crews were able to extinguish the flames before they spread to other buildings.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2021 3:12:56 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The Asotin Complex is now reported at nearly 55,000 acres with 20% containment of the larger Dry Gulch Fire. Idaho fire officials said the Dry Gulch Fire gained over 8,000 acres Saturday night. The fire's expansions to the south prompted additional evacuations in the Harlow Ridge community. Hot, dry weather leads fire crews to believe the fires will continue to spread.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2021 1:23:28 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Four people were injured, and dozens left without a home after a large fire broke out at the Hanover apartment complex in SeaTac Saturday night. Firefighters responded to the 3-alarm apartment fire in the 3100 block of South 192nd St in SeaTac around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Officials say four people were transported to a local hospital, two with critical injuries and two with serious injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2021 11:29:49 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Crews fighting the Burbank Fire in Yakima County say it has grown overnight to an estimated size of 12,000 acres. As of Monday morning the Southeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team says the fire is 10% contained. On Sunday crews believed they may have gotten the fire to 50% containment, but say that after fire growth and better mapping overnight, they now know it is only 10% contained.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2021 10:46:27 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Stephen Mair, Mercer Island Fire Department battalion chief/assistant fire marshal, was part of a task force that was called to Cle Elum on June 26 initially to help protect property that was near a large brush fire. There were four or five brush fires occurring simultaneously, thus stretching thin the resources on the east side of the mountains.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 1:02:24 AM - SOURCE: Mercer Island Reporter