As forecasters and fire officials warn of increased fire risk throughout the state this summer, the big fires most likely to be proximate to Kitsap County residents are the ones that start in the Olympic Mountains. Drought conditions persist in the Olympics, elevating the risk of wildfires and pushing fire officials in towns that border Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forests to be prepared for a fire season that could start earlier than usual.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Fireworks have been determined the cause in a July 4 house fire that left one man dead. In Boulevard Park just south of Seattle, a two-alarm fire broke out around 11 p.m. and quickly engulfed two homes trapping one person inside. King Co. Medical Examiner said 70-year-old Roland Kennedy died of smoke inhalation from that fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Photographer Steve Redick was on scene at this live burn. 

The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says an Auburn man went missing at Lake Cle Elum when waves and strong winds knocked him and a friend off their paddleboards on Saturday. Peter Phan, 34, and his friend were knocked into the water at about 2 p.m. A jet skier rescued his friend, who was wearing a life jacket.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2019 9:05:19 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews