PHOTOS: Vancouver Fire is investigating a commercial truck fire at a business in the 1200 block of West Eighth Street. Just before 9 p.m. Thursday, May 14, firefighters were dispatched after a water flow alarm was reported.

“While crews were responding, multiple reports began coming into dispatch describing black smoke and visible fire at the facility, prompting the incident to be upgraded to a full commercial fire response,” Vancouver Fire said.

When Truck 1 arrived, crews found a large commercial truck on fire. Flames were coming from the engine and cab, according to officials.

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A head-on collision blocked traffic in both directions on state Route 9 near Snohomish Saturday, county fire officials said. Snohomish County Fire District reported that a two-car, high-speed, head-on collision occurred on SR 9 near the intersection of Bonneville Avenue and 16th Street in Snohomish around 7:24 p.m. Saturday.

Emergency responders arrived at the scene within three minutes, the agency said, found that both vehicles had sustained significant front-end damage, and that both drivers were trapped. Firefighters used the jaws of life to extract one driver from the wreckage, which took 17 minutes.

Both drivers were seriously injured, and one sustained life-threatening injuries. Both were transported to Providence Medical Center in Everett. Snohomish officials suspect alcohol was a contributing factor, the agency wrote.

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PHOTOS: Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to an RV fire on Interstate 90 overnight. Firefighters posted pictures of the response at around 10:16 p.m. on Friday. The RV caught on fire along eastbound I-90, heading to Snoqualmie Pass. EF&R crews arrived to find a fully engulfed trailer. Eastside Fire confirmed to KIRO 7 that the 911 caller was able to exit the RV safely and remove propane before firefighters arrived.

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