A Rainier man was found dead after his family’s mobile home caught fire early Saturday, Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said. About 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the sheriff’s office and Southeast Thurston Fire Authority responded to a fire on the 900 block of Tipsoo Loop North in Rainier and arrived to find a mobile home engulfed in flames, according to a post on the Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2020 9:15:06 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Two men were rescued from a residential apartment fire early Saturday in Wenatchee. A third man was able to escape on his own according to Chelan County District 1 spokeswoman Kay McKellar. Firefighters were dispatched to a two-story apartment building in the 600 block of Orondo Avenue about 2:15AM.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2020 4:41:32 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Authorities say people shooting targets are to blame for a wildfire that was burning near homes in the Badger Canyon area Friday afternoon. Pasco Fire Deputy Chief Ed Dunbar said nearly every fire agency in the Tri-Cities region was called to the scene off South Badger Canyon Road just west of Kennewick around 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2020 9:47:27 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Level 2 evacuations are still in place for the Colockum Fire, which has now burned 3,337 acres in Chelan County near Malaga. The fire is currently 80-percent contained. The fire is burning at Kingsbury Road and Colockum Road, according to Chelan County Emergency Management. It sparked shortly after 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2020 9:01:49 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Kennewick police and firefighters responded to a fire at Clearwater Bay Apartments just before 11 p.m. Thursday night. Police say heavy smoke and flames were seen coming from the balcony of a second story apartment unit. People from multiple units were evacuated. One person suffered injuries including smoke inhalation and minor burns.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2020 8:38:18 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews