About 60 firefighters with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department cannot work right now. They either have COVID-19 or may have been exposed. That’s according to Randy Wyse the President of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. It comes after Action News Jax confirmed a firefighter at station 21 tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAX-TV CBS 47 Jacksonville

The Washington State Department of Health reported on Sunday a total of 455 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 5 new fatalities over the past 24 hours. The new cases bring the total of confirmed cases around the state to 28,680 and the number of deaths to 1,270. King County continues to have the highest number of coronavirus cases with a total of 9,211 confirmed cases, 1,732 hospitalizations, and 600 confirmed deaths.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000 Seattle

The Inland Northwest could be in for a highly active fire season this summer, despite several weeks of relatively cool, wet weather, regional fire and weather experts say. After a somewhat dry winter and early spring in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, weather patterns have turned wetter in recent weeks, with parts of northeastern Washington receiving 8 inches of rain within the last month.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2020 5:07:01 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Spokane Fire Department is noticing an alarming trend. Arson around the city has increased 100 percent. In June 2019, firefighters had responded to 20 arson related fires. This June, that number is 40. “That is a remarkable increase and something we don’t normally see,” said Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2020 11:41:32 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

VIDEO: Firefighters battled a massive house fire in Billerica Thursday evening that left the home a total loss. Crews responding to the scene on Riveredge Road found smoke and flames pouring out of the house. “I was sleeping on the farmer’s porch and the smoke just came out right around me,” homeowner Rob Rawson said.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV 7 Boston