In the midst of the devastating bushfires engulfing Australia, more than 100 people from the United States have made the journey to help battle the blaze. In total, 164 people have either headed to Australia from the United States or are ready and waiting to do so. Of that total, two come from Washington.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 2:40:47 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

A husband and wife were killed Monday morning when a mobile home caught fire in Kent. Firefighters were called around 8:30 a.m. to the fire on the West Valley Highway just north of W. James St. A man who lives with a couple in the home saw the smoke and called 911. The husband returned home and went inside to try to rescue his wife who is disabled.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 11:07:08 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

A young woman died Monday morning after she veered off the road in Mountlake Terrace, crashing through a telephone pole, a fence and into a house. The vehicle caught fire, and flames spread to the two-story home at 220th Street SW and 44th Avenue W, said Mountlake Terrace police Cmdr. Pat Lowe. The woman, estimated to be in her 20s, died at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 8:40:39 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: Karina Figueroa and her family likely lost everything in a Sunday morning house fire that claimed the life of a metro firefighter. Right now they are not thinking about themselves. “We can start over again, the firefighter's family can’t. All they have left is the memories," Figuroea said. Officials have identified the West Peculiar firefighter who was killed as 30-year-old Chuck McCormick.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV FOX 4

When Carol Brown joined the Boulder Fire Department in 1991, she was one of roughly a dozen female firefighters. Today a shift battalion chief, Brown is one of seven. Though Boulder was among the earliest to admit females to its force — the first two women were hired in 1978, according to Brown — the number of women in the city’s firefighting force has fallen over the years as older employees have retired.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Boulder Beat