Castle Rock first responders Monday rescued a woman who got trapped on an embankment near Camelot Drive while floating down the Cowlitz River with another woman. Castle Rock Police Chief Scott Neves said the two women apparently floated or rafted into an area of the river that was “fairly swift,” and were swept onto an embankment with a steep cliff on one side.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2020 5:15:25 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

A man and a woman were reunited with family Monday after being tossed from their raft the day before while floating on the Nisqually River. Lacey Fire District 3’s water rescue team was dispatched at around 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17, to reports of an incident that occurred on the river between Yelm and Riverbend Campground.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2020 1:07:37 PM - SOURCE: Nisqually Valley News

When Sue Grange and Ray Blau first smelled smoke Sunday evening, they assumed it was a neighbor barbecuing. But then Grange caught sight of the flames on Ahtanum Ridge and alerted her husband to the fire. Their home is near the corner of McCullough Road and South 42nd Avenue in Yakima, directly across from the area charred by the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2020 3:52:33 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The Chicago fire academy is closed until further notice after an apparent COVID-19 outbreak impacting both students and instructors. Officials said they are working to determine the source of the outbreak at the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy, located at 558 W. De Koven Street in the South Loop. It's not clear how long the building will be shut down.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

New York City firefighters disarmed a stabbing suspect inside a firehouse in Queens Monday. Daniel Gomez, 27, was arrested and charged with assault after he was accused of stabbing a 26-year-old man in the leg Monday morning. Officials say FDNY Squad 288 encountered the victim and brought the man into the firehouse in Maspeth for treatment.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York