A fire that caused damage to a boarded up home in Kelso on Monday evening is being investigated as suspicious, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue. Just after 9 p.m., C2FR and Longview Fire Department crews were called out to a house fire at 304 Catlin Street. The first crews arrived to the scene and found smoke coming from a home that had been boarded up.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV Fox 12 Portland

Two people fell from Chair 1 at 49 Degrees North after the chair detached from the line Saturday. The two people were immediately treated by ski patrol and only suffered minor injuries, according to a press release from the ski resort. The chair lift was stopped for about 20 minutes while workers assessed the situation.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

PHOTO: Saturday, December 5, the Kennewick Fire Department and the Kennewick Firefighters Local 1296 teamed up to build 50 bicycles, ranging in size and color, at this year’s COVID-safe “Bikes for Tikes” event. These bikes will be distributed to children of various ages throughout the Tri-Cities area by the Heads UP Tri-Cities Foster Kids Committee.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 6:24:58 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: A six-alarm fire tore through a historic, 128-year-old Reformed church in the East Village early Saturday morning. Firefighters rushed to Middle Collegiate Church on East 7th Street and Second Avenue following reports of a fire at an empty, nearby building—48 East 7th Street—that began just before 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gothamist.com

Three Montana wildland firefighters had a significant reason to be grateful on the recent Thanksgiving holiday. On Sept. 5 at around 1:45 p.m., as 100-foot flames shot overhead, the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation helitack team was trapped by the Bridger Foothills fire. Cornered by a spot fire that had spread as winds gusted up to 28 mph, cutting off their escape route, they scrambled to protect their lives.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Billings Gazette - Metered Site