Do you remember the attack of the tumbleweeds from New Year's Eve? Now fire crews are attacking back. In an event troopers could only describe as "Tumblegeddon", hundreds (thousands?) of the balls of weed blew across SR 240 around 6:30 p.m., startling some drivers and leaving others buried under mounds that reached 20-30 feet high in spots, according to the Washington State Patrol.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM. Seattle

A fire inside a Lakewood home left a woman dead, West Pierce firefighters said Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out at a home on Dowerdell Lane around 1:30 p.m. Firefighters quickly got the fire under control but discovered the victim inside. The victim is only described as an adult woman. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2020 2:35:12 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Two people escaped from a large house fire near Selah on Wednesday night. The home was a total loss. The Selah Fire Department responded to the 1000 block of Gore Road near Humann Lane at about 10:40 p.m. for a report that a home was fully involved in flames. Upon arrival, firefighters confirmed that at least 80% of the home was already destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2020 1:40:42 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

One person has died, and another was injured in what appears to be a construction accident in Thurston County. It happened at about 11 a.m. in the area of 16300 block of Vail Loop Rd. Southeast. Two employees digging a trench for a power line track became trapped when the trench collapsed, said Lt.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2020 7:49:15 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

More big changes are coming to Spokane County Fire District 3 in southwest Spokane County after the district annexed Medical Lake into its boundaries in August. The district has used paid command staff and volunteer firefighters in the past but recently announced it was taking applications for career firefighters and additional battalion chiefs.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2020 5:10:32 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site