Posted: Sep 9, 2020
A firefighter was injured while fighting the Manning Fire, the Southeast Washington Interagency Management Team confirmed Wednesday.
According to a release, the firefighter was treated immediately and taken to a hospital in Colfax for minor injuries.
Crews were able to treat the firefighter while maintaining the fire line.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 7:56:10 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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Posted: Sep 9, 2020
Homeowners in Malden and Pine City will be allowed back into city limits for the first time since a devastating wildfire burned the majority of homes and buildings in the area.
Level 3 evacuations have been in place since Monday, when the fire quickly swept through both towns.
No one was killed, but only a handful of structures remain.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 10:29:36 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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Posted: Sep 9, 2020
A wildfire that's forced hundreds of evacuations in Pierce County has tripled in size since Tuesday morning and is threatening more homes.
The Sumner Grade fire in the Bonney Lake-Sumner area has burned more than 150 acres and destroyed four homes, forcing more Level 3 (get out now) evacuations overnight.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 9:52:42 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle
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Posted: Sep 9, 2020
More than 587,000 acres have burned in Washington state since Monday, topping the half-a-million acres that burned in the state's worst wildfire season in 2015.
Public Lands Commissioner Hillary Franz told Q13 News Wednesday morning that most of the state's resources are focused on the largest fire - the Pearl Hill-Cold Springs wildfire near Omak in north central Washington.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 8:55:19 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle
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Posted: Sep 9, 2020
VIDEO: A 2-alarm fire destroyed a Tukwila apartment building Wednesday morning just hours after firefighters had been there dousing an earlier blaze.
Firefighters were originally called to the Foster Creek Apartments on Macadam Road South around 6 p.m. after a fire started in a balcony and spread into its main unit, according to Jay Wittwer with Tukwila Fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 7:42:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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