A suspect is in custody after stealing a Seattle Fire Department (SFD) engine for a brief period of time on Wednesday morning. A witness called 911 at around 3:30 a.m. to report that a man rode a scooter up to an SFD fire truck, climbed inside and then drove away with the lights and sirens activated.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

PHOTOS: The cause of a fire that destroyed an outbuilding in Battle Ground on Monday remains under investigation. At around 5:43 p.m., crews from Fire District 3 were dispatched to a fire after several callers reported seeing an outbuilding engulfed in flames about 10 feet from a home. They also reported hearing several explosions.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Retreat Fire forced Camp Ghormley to evacuate leaving parents worried about their kids off at summer camp. Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m., Camp Executive Director Joel Whitehead noticed smoke nearby and drove to the fire. Whitehead says U.S. Forest Services didn’t tell him to evacuate camp until 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now

South County Fire is celebrating the promotion of Battalion Chief Terri Fitzgerald, the agency’s first-ever female chief officer. Fitzgerald has worked nearly 30 years in the fire service, beginning her career in 1995 as a volunteer for Chelan County Fire District 1. She joined South County Fire as a firefighter/paramedic in 2003, later promoting to captain.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 6:39:22 PM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

VIDEO: A Tacoma woman who was convicted of murder and over a dozen counts of arson was sentenced to more than 80 years in prison on Tuesday. Sarah Jane Ramey set a string of fires in Tacoma and Ruston between late December 2021 and late January 2022, the first of which caused the death of James Elliott, a father and grandfather who lived in North Tacoma on Rosemount Way.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 12:43:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle