The new Fire Station 8 facility was built on a site that had a doublewide trailer as a temporary station. The new, permanent main station has 14 bunk rooms, a kitchen and dining area, offices, an exercise room, a day room with chairs and a TV, a gear locker room and four garage bays. For the firefighters of Station 8, it goes beyond just a place to come to work.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Observer

Two women were seriously injured Thursday in what witnesses described as an explosion and fire inside an RV, emergency officials said. Fire crews and medics responded to the scene, in the 13000 block of 297th Street SE in Auburn, at about 9:45 a.m. after receiving reports of an explosion, said Valley Regional Fire Authority.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,469 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 16 new deaths. The mark is the highest single-day total since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous high of 1,056 on July 6. Pierce County reported 214 new cases and two deaths on Wednesday, a single-day case total which was by far the highest ever since the start of the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian

A fire destroyed a 13,000-square-foot horse arena and barn near Battle Ground early Wednesday morning. Clark County Fire & Rescue responded to the 10000 block of Northeast 184th Street at 3:57 a.m. Initial reports were that propane tanks were exploding inside the fire zone. The first crews at the scene found the large horse arena fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 1:51:10 PM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

A Tacoma man appeared in Thurston County Superior Court on Tuesday after he was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes, including first-degree arson domestic violence, court records show. The court found probable cause to charge Thomas E. Hieb, 39, with the following: first-degree arson domestic violence; unlawful imprisonment domestic violence; interfering with the reporting of domestic violence; fourth-degree assault domestic violence intimate partner.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 10:52:33 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle