Firefighters rescued a man who feel down a 30-foot embankment in Cowlitz County on Sunday, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue. Firefighters responded to the area of Beacon Hill Drive and Mountain View Drive at 1:30 p.m. A 54-year-old man was walking his dog on the tracks when he slipped and fell down the embankment and called for help, firefighters said.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

Crews spent hours battling a two-alarm fire Sunday at a Puyallup elementary school, emergency officials said. Puyallup firefighters initially responded to the scene, Karshner Elementary at 15th Street NW and 8th Avenue NW, at around 11 a.m. after receiving an alert from an automatic fire alarm. When crews arrived, they found black smoke and flames erupting from the school.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000 Seattle

All lanes of eastbound I-90 near Kittitas County were blocked for several hours Saturday due to a brush fire sweeping the south side of the road. Around 1p.m. Saturday, Troopers responded to a brush fire along the south side of I-90 near milepost 131, Kittitas County and 5 miles west of Vantage. Trooper John Bryant said in a Tweet early Saturday afternoon that roads are currently blocked due to heavy smoke over the roadway.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2020 10:42:21 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Availability of firefighters has become a critical need for South Whidbey Fire/EMS staff, according to fire district officials. To meet needs, the fire district is asking voters to approve a levy lid lift of 30 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value during the August primary. If approved, the lid lift would increase from 65 to 95 cents and go into effect in spring 2021.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2020 1:04:38 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record - Metered Site

Despite the rainy, cloudy weather, Washington is in the middle of wildfire season. This year, projections show Washington and Oregon have the worst wildfire risks in the nation. We have already had more than 300 wildfires in our state. The state is dealing with a $9 billion budget shortfall because of COVID-19, but the Department of Natural Resources says it is prepared to take on a regular fire season.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2020 9:48:41 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle