An investigator has determined the cause of a fire that damaged a home in Longview early Wednesday morning. Just after 2:30 a.m., Longview Fire was called out to a house fire in the 2600 block of Maplewood Drive. Officials said the homeowners were asleep when they heard a crashing sound and found that the newly installed ceiling fan had crashed to the floor.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV Fox 12 Beaverton

Firefighters in Pierce County have joined Pulse Point Respond, an app that notifies people who know CPR of medical emergencies happening within a quarter-mile radius. Altogether, 19 agencies in Pierce County are using the app and encouraging people who know CPR to download it. To promote the app, first responders staged a mock emergency in South Hill Mall in Puyallup to show how it works.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2019 7:47:22 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Everyone got out of a Kennewick home safely after a stove fire started to spread inside. Around 3:37 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters were called to 420 Dawes St. near Fourth Avenue. When they arrived, smoke was seen from the outside. Crews were able to get inside and control the fire in under five minutes.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2019 5:42:01 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Santa will be riding one of Arlington’s fire engines out across the community as the Santa Run returns for it’s 30th year from Dec. 6 to Dec. 15. For 10 nights volunteers from the Arlington Fire Department and the city of Arlington will collect food and bring Santa around to meet local families. The Santa Run begins at 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2019 1:04:17 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook

The driver accused of hitting a Yakima firefighter has turned himself into police. 40-year-old Hilario Rioz Altamirano of Grandview allegedly hit 62-year-old Terry Carter, a firefighter with Yakima County Fire District #5. It happened on Sunday morning, while firefighters were responding to a rollover crash on I-82 near Granger.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2019 9:53:00 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews