A Sunday morning fire destroyed a house, an outbuilding and four vehicles in this small Mid-Valley community. The house, at 331 Main St., was fully involved by the time firefighters arrived about 7 a.m. Because all occupants were safely outside and power lines were down at the site, the first-arriving crews used a defensive attack focused on protecting threatened adjacent structures, according to a Yakima County Fire District 5 news release.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2020 3:41:57 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

One man is dead after a two-story house fire broke out Saturday afternoon in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood. Seattle Fire Department responded to the house fire around 1 p.m. near 70th and Ravenna Ave. Officials said they found one man on the first floor dead. An elderly woman and man were able to escape the home before SFD arrived.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2020 4:24:38 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Commissioners for North Whidbey Fire and Rescue are hoping this will be the year that voters in the district approve an increase in the district’s property tax levy. Tuesday night, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to place the 15-cent levy lid lift request on the November ballot. Nobody from the public commented and the commissioners adopted the measure without comment.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2020 1:02:39 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record - Metered Site

The wreckage of a four-alarm fire still smoldered, but Port of Everett officials said Friday that the Waterfront Place Apartments are still expected to be built, in one form or another. The 266-unit apartment complex had been under construction on Everett’s waterfront for most of a year, when the more southern of two buildings erupted into a four-story inferno around 5:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 9:36:57 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Fire crews are once again crediting smoke alarms for alerting a family to a fire in their home. Spokane County Fire District 8 and Spokane Valley Fire Department crews responded to the home on S. Bowdiish High Ct. Friday around 1 a.m. Friday morning. A fire had started in the bathroom near an exhaust fan and had burned into the attic and through the roof.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 8:52:55 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane