As Kittitas County begins to experience the first wildfires of the 2020 season, local first responders are up to the task of ensuring they are dealt with in an expeditious manner. Although the county saw a relatively mild fire season in 2019, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue Chief John Sinclair said the conditions this year suggest that we will not see a repeat of last season.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Record News

Fire crews are battling a brush fire located south of Moxee near Rattlesnake Ridge, according to the East Valley Fire Department. Fire crews say the fire burned at least 5 acres and it continues to spread. Currently, firefighters say they are dealing with very windy conditions, and fire whirls have popped up.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

A fire that ripped through adjoining duplexes Friday morning in Vancouver’s Lincoln neighborhood was caused by improperly discarded cigarettes, according to a deputy fire marshal. The preliminary investigation found that the blaze was preventable and the result of “a careless smoker discarding cigarette butts in bark dust,” Vancouver Deputy Fire Marshal Chad Lawry said.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2020 4:45:15 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

VIDEO: Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at an apartment complex in Cannon’s Addition early Monday morning. Around 9:15 a.m., a family’s five-year-old daughter smelled smoke in her apartment at Maple Manor. According to the child’s mom, she told her dad and they found smoke coming from the bathroom.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2020 9:48:09 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

VIDEO: A cavalry of firefighters and response crews had to go into defensive mode as they battled a massive fire at a southwest Houston business that went to three alarms and destroyed an HFD ladder truck. Explosions continued to erupt hours after the fire broke out some time before 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 7800 block of Westpark Drive near Hillcroft.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 14 Houston