Two teenage boys are in custody and facing charges for allegedly lighting off fireworks and setting fire to a Puyallup elementary school over the July Fourth weekend. The fire at Karshner Elementary School in Puyallup started around 11 a.m. Sunday, July 5. The flames quickly spread and firefighters on scene were forced to take a defensive approach and fight the fire from the outside of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Grant County Fire District 3 crews responded to a brush fire along Crescent Bar Road Wednesday morning a little before 7:30 a.m. Chief Don Fortier says the fire was going up the hill towards some houses. “At last report it was five acres but it is contained and under control. It’s in mop up status.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2020 12:38:45 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

A wildfire on Saddle Mountain in Grant County is now 60% contained and incident managers are starting to send crews home as they finalize containment lines around the fire. The fire has been burning since Monday afternoon in the Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge on the west side of the mountain.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2020 11:42:10 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Spokane County Fire District 10 is asking voters to approve the renewal of an emergency medical services levy on the Aug. 4 ballot. The 10-year levy has been repeatedly approved by voters with strong support since 1994, said Fire Chief Ken Johnson. The first levy was for six years. “They did it so they could start putting medical equipment on the trucks,” he said of the first levy in 1994.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2020 5:16:14 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

VIDEO: A three-alarm fire broke out in an office building on Columbia Road in Hanover around 2 a.m. Wednesday. The fire has since been extinguished, but fire crews are still on scene at the three-story building, which houses the Jack Conway Realtor's office and other businesses. The fire appears to have started at the back of the building, which is believed to be a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston