Two people were rescued from outside the 39th floor of a building at 555 108th Ave NE in Bellevue on Friday evening after they became stuck while washing the skyscraper’s windows. According to a statement from the Bellevue Fire Department, rope technicians picked the stranded workers off the platform and used a rope system to lower them 600 feet to the ground.

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Salvage crews sifted through the charred remains of a home in Everett’s Pinehurst neighborhood, recovering checkbooks and medications. But a family friend says none of it matters given what was lost. “I don’t know how a parent recovers from the loss of a child,” said Heidi May, a family friend who grew up with Kierstin Lyons.

The fire broke out in the basement just after 9 a.m. Monday. That’s where 38-year-old Brandon Lyons, who was developmentally disabled, was trapped behind a wall of flame and smoke. Smoke and fire spread so quickly that he could not get out. His mother, Kierstin, tried desperately to reach him.

“She did everything humanly within her power to get to Brandon,” May said. Kierstin used a fire extinguisher and garden hose. She tried to break in through a back window. She put a wet towel over her face and ran into the fire. “The firefighters had to hold her back and put her in an ambulance,” May said. “She was just trying to get to her boy.”

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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Swatara Township’s $120.3 million deal with Corscale Data Centers will fund two public safety facilities, fire apparatus replacements, firefighter staffing, and emergency response training.

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Hunt County fire officials say voters’ rejection of two proposed emergency services districts leaves funding problems unresolved and raises questions about staffing, equipment, and future service.

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Kernersville leaders approved selling former Fire Station 44 for at least $225,000.

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