VIDEO: Federal Way fire and police investigators are looking into what caused an American Medical Response ambulance to be destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. South King firefighters said they were called to the 34800 block of 9th Avenue South. Two AMR employees and a patient were inside the ambulance when the fire started, a spokesperson for the company said.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

A 4-year-old remains hospitalized following a house fire early Sunday morning in Spokane’s Logan neighborhood. The fire broke out around 1:20 a.m. Sunday on the 1200 block of East Illinois Avenue. Investigators, determining the blaze was accidental, found that the flames started when items placed near a first-floor fireplace caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2021 7:34:19 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The man who claimed he had a bomb when he entered the Spokane Teamster's building last month is now facing federal arson charges. The Indictment charges James Yeager with Damage by Fire to a Building Used in Interstate and Foreign Commerce. According to court documents, on December 9th, Yeager drove to Spokane from his home in Grand Coulee with plans to burn down the office of the Spokane County Democrats.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2021 7:08:16 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

First responders with the Yakima Fire Department (YFD) began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, January 5, 2021. They received the Pfizer vaccination Tuesday morning at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. First responders were the first from YFD to receive the vaccine and additional first responders will continue to receive it.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2021 2:37:04 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

Due to the pandemic, the city of Oakland is facing a huge $62 million budget deficit this year. So far, one of the proposed cuts drawing the most heat is to the Fire Department. With all the revenue it’s lost during COVID-19, Oakland has some difficult choices to make. Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin sent a letter to city employees last month saying without massive cuts, “…the General Purpose Fund will be insolvent before the end of the fiscal year… Even the City’s emergency reserve will be completely exhausted.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco