A wildfire that has spread more than 1,000 acres on Bureau of Land Management land near I-82 will continue to burn throughout the night, officials told KAPP-KVEW. Officials say the initial report is that the fire near Benton City started from people shooting at targets with guns; a ricochet caused a spark that started the fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2020 8:58:50 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

About 60 chickens were killed in a structure fire Sunday afternoon in the Mae Valley area near Moses Lake. Grant County Fire District 5 firefighters were dispatched about 4 p.m. to a structure fire the 1200 block of Road D Northeast and arrived to find a 40-foot by 40-foot pole building ablaze, according to Capt.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2020 8:40:20 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

A two-alarm fire heavily damaged an apartment building in east Vancouver late Saturday night, displacing more than 25 residents, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Crews were dispatched at 10:44 p.m. to the Sunpointe Apartments, 900 S.E. Park Crest Ave., in the Cascade Highlands neighborhood north of Mountain View High School and arrived to find heavy fire showing from the structure.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2020 1:56:08 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

Multiple Seattle police vehicles were set on fire and destroyed as thousands of demonstrators descended upon the downtown area. Q13 News reporters witnessed the police cruisers burn around 4:00 p.m. Saturday near Westlake Center. The Seattle Fire Department said firefighters would enter the area to put out the fires when it was safe.
- PUB DATE: 5/30/2020 4:46:26 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

The simplest way to track the progress of any outbreak is by seeing how many new cases and deaths are reported in a given area each day. And in the United States, falling numbers in some of the hardest-hit places have offered glimmers of hope. Totals for the country have been on a downward curve, and in former hot spots like New York and New Jersey, the counts appear to have peaked.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times