A 72-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Monday morning. The Spokane Fire Department responded to the fire on E. 6th Ave and S. Magnolia St around 3:15 a.m. Firefighters had to force their way into the home and found heavy heat and smoke. According to the fire department, the house was found to be in “hoarder conditions” and had unstable flooring.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

The number of wildfires burning across Washington has risen steadily over the past two years, but the 2020 core fire season is looking to pull way ahead in wildfire starts. And this year’s unprecedented uptick in the number of fires has an unforeseen culprit: people cleaning their yards during the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem Statesman-Journal - Metered Site

Authorities quickly arrested a teenager thanks to the help of witnesses after an explosion in a residential neighborhood near Rogers High School on Sunday afternoon. Police received reports of a loud explosion in the 1700 block of East Rockwell Avenue at about 4 p.m. Sunday, according to a Spokane Police Department news release .
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2020 8:10:32 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A fully engulfed motorhome parked on the side of the road on State Route 10, 7 miles west of Ellensburg, started a brush fire Sunday around 2:30 pm. Trooper John Bryant said the fire burned some surrounding brush and trees, but fortunately a fire station was pretty close to the area. “The motorhome had been parked there a couple weeks.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2020 7:46:46 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

A house fire's estimated cost is $50,000 in damages that happened on the 3900 block of West Lincoln Avenue in Yakima Friday afternoon. Yakima Fire crews arrived to the residence around 3:30 p.m. to an attic fully engulfed in flames that spread into the main part of the house. Fire crews said no one was inside at the time and no injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2020 9:47:16 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima