PHOTOS: At 3:27 p.m. on Friday, September 6 Orcas Island Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a structure fire in the 6300 block of Deer Harbor Road. Crews arriving on scene confirmed a large home completely engulfed in flames. “The heat was incredibly intense,” shared Firefighter Ben Luna, who was first on scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 5:51:21 AM - SOURCE: Orcas Issues News & Views

Today's residents of the Pacific Northwest worry about wildfires burning our forests. But one summer in Washington it was our cities that burned. In 1889, as the Territory of Washington was poised to become a state, a triple tragedy occurred. Seattle, Ellensburg and Spokane — all booming communities — burned to the ground in quick sequence, changing lives and the course of history.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 5:51:21 AM - SOURCE: Crosscut

VIDEO: On Monday, the owner of a popular food truck in Bellingham plans to return to his normal hours approximately 3 weeks after an arsonist destroyed his trailer. Someone set the Tacos El Tule truck on fire in the early morning hours of August 16 as it sat parked in owner Joey Robles's driveway, he said.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 2:02:40 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Pullman Fire Department held a practice physical test Saturday morning for candidates interested in the Reserve Firefighter Program. “I’m really interested in the medical side of EMS and fire because it’s 80 percent of what firefighters do,” said Finley Harrison, freshman biology major who is trying out for the reserve program.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 12:37:19 AM - SOURCE: Daily Evergreen

The children of FDNY firefighters who perished on 9/11 are blossoming into a new generation of Bravest. On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the current FDNY Academy class, set to graduate in two weeks, includes 13 members — 12 men and one woman — whose firefighter fathers were murdered on 9/11, The Post has learned.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post