Grant County Fire Marshals are now using the word “unusual” to describe the frequency of hay fires seen in 2019. Saturday night’s massive blaze on Rd. 3 NW between Moses Lake and Ephrata was this year’s 13th haystack fire. Deputy Fire Marshal Crue Woodard says the volume of hay fires far exceeds the three recorded in the county in 2018.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2019 7:46:59 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

VIDEO: Highway 397 was shut down for about two hours Thursday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze in a Finley garage near Lechelt Road. People spotted the fire coming from the shop shortly before 2:45 p.m. Someone was working in the shop earlier in the day but had left, said Tracy Baker, the Benton County Fire District 1 public information officer.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2019 11:45:22 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald

Firefighters are extinguishing a fire in a backyard in Finley Thursday morning. Around 5:20 a.m., first responders were alerted to the fire at a home near Bryson Brown Road and South Finley Road. The fie has damaged part of a fence, but there was no damage to the home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2019 6:37:41 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Escambia County is mourning the loss of Dwain S. Bradshaw, age 41, a Volunteer District Chief at Escambia County Fire Rescue Station #1 in Bellview and Volunteer Assistant District Chief for ECFR Station #2 in Beulah, who was killed this morning while on scene responding to a multi-vehicle accident on the Muscogee Bridge.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5

A Los Angeles firefighter received more than $360,010 in overtime last fiscal year, a city audit found Wednesday, according to a report. The audit reported that 18 other Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) employees received more than $200,000 in overtime pay and 90 percent of police and fire employees received some amount of overtime, The Los Angeles Times reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox News