A man woke up to thick smoke inside his home but managed to escape without injury on Tuesday evening. Public Information Officer, Ben Shearer, said the fire started around 8 PM at a home near 43rd Way and Sylvester. Pasco Police arrived on scene first and found a home halfway consumed by flames. When firefighters arrived on scene they immediately began an exterior attack.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco

An overnight fire has damaged a Denny's restaurant in Tacoma. The fire broke out just before midnight Tuesday night in the 5900 block of 6th Avenue, according to Tacoma Fire officials. Flames were visible shooting from the roof when firefighters got to the scene. It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control to where crews were just dousing hot spots, fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Highland and other firefighters spent nearly three hours Tuesday containing a wildfire sparked by an agricultural burn. Fire crews were called at 12:12 p.m. for the fire at 1541 Pioneer Way that spread into brush, said Highland Fire Department Chief Rick Woodall. The fire burned two acres and threatened two buildings.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2020 6:38:35 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

At least 5,000 firefighters across the U.S. are under quarantine because of the coronavirus, an official with the International Association of Fire Fighters union told Hill.TV on Monday. Jim Brinkley, the union’s assistant to general president of technical assistance, said on Hill.TV’s “Rising” that the number is likely higher due to “severe underreporting.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hill

The International Association of Fire Fighters has released a tracking tool that shows which fire departments have reported exposure to COVID-19 or have had employees test positive with the virus. Firefighters respond to patients who could be infected with coronavirus every day. “The same way we do going into a fire while people are running out of it, we are running into people’s homes who may have contracted coronavirus,” said Tom Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMC-TV NBC 5 Memphis