The number of new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday were in the single digits for the first time since March. The Yakima Health District reported three new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. There are at least 11,637 confirmed cases in Yakima County, according to YHD. 17 people are hospitalized, and one is intubated, and at least 10,287 people have recovered, health officials say.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Firefighters with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and local fire districts have contained a small brush fire in an area south of Rockport. DNR crews responded shortly before 1 p.m. Friday to the fire near Illabot Creek Road east of Highway 530, said DNR spokesperson Janet Pearce. Skagit County fire districts 10 and 19 also responded to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2020 3:10:54 PM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

Vancouver firefighters saved a house after quickly extinguishing an attic fire Friday evening in the Five Corners area. Crews were dispatched shortly before 6:30 p.m. to 8401 N.E. 108th Ave., for a structure fire. A total of five fire engines, a ladder truck, a chaplain, a rehab bus and two battalion chiefs responded.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2020 10:31:32 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

VIDEOS: A fire has broken out in the Westlake, Louisiana, area, causing gases and smoke to plume over I-10. The Louisiana State Police Emergency Services Unit confirmed the fire involved a chlorine leak at the BioLab plant in Westlake. They are coordinating with plant managers to contain the leak, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Advertiser

In a video made by Murrieta Fire & Rescue Chief David Lantzer told citizens there’s a significant urge to wear masks and follow guidelines, after one of his family members died of COVID-19 recently. “The individual I was talking about in the video was my brother-in-law,” Lantzer said. “He got COVID-19.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Valley News