Pierce County Fire District 23 and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department are seeking help identifying the people who broke into a fire station over Memorial Day weekend. A security camera shows the people stealing several items, including firefighting equipment, from one of the stations in the west half of the district on Monday, Fire Chief Matt Medford said.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

We are happy to announce that one of our biggest summer events, Seattle Fire Day with MOHAI, is still happening … on the Seattle Fire Facebook page. This year, also for the first time, we will feature real-time programming in Spanish! Thanks to a long-standing partnership with MOHAI, every year, Seattle Fire marks the anniversary of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Patch

A Bellevue man died after falling off a cliff in Cle Elum Wednesday morning. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said 60-year-old Manuel Vellon was sightseeing at Peoh Point Lookout when he slipped and fell off a ridge crest. Vellon was found gravely injured about 400 yards down the embankment. Life-saving measures were attempted with help from Kittitas County Fire District 7 and Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue personnel, but Vellon's injuries were too severe and he passed away before he could be transported to a hospital.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2020 6:37:33 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The City of Chehalis is still looking for a location for an emergency fire station and has until July 5 to move out of Lewis County Fire District 6’s fire station after LCFD6 terminated the interlocal fire station sharing agreement. The City of Chehalis has been in the process of finding a new fire station since the old fire station was deemed unsafe after asbestos was found and the Chehalis firefighters moved into LCFD6 station in August of 2018.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2020 4:35:36 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Hiking or climbing barefoot may not be the best idea if you’re trying to enjoy the outdoors. A local man learned that the hard way after getting stuck atop a pinnacle just west of Wenatchee near Saddle Rock on Monday. At about 2:23 in the afternoon, a call came in about a hiker who was stranded on Butte Pinnacle.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2020 3:36:26 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne