The Left Hand Fire, burning roughly 17 miles northwest of Naches, more than doubled in size Saturday. Strong winds drove the fire’s southern and eastern flanks. Firefighters had success in establishing containment lines on the west flank to keep it on the ridge above the State Route 410 corridor. A Sunday morning update from the U.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2019 9:38:25 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

A Marysville Fire District aid car driven by a firefighter struck and killed a pedestrian as it returned from a trip to the hospital. The Seattle Times reports a 55-year-old man from Bellingham was killed early Saturday morning on Highway 529 on the bridge over Steamboat Slough. The man's name was not immediately released.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2019 10:48:54 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Four separate fires in the Cheney area, which were sparked by lightning on the night of Tuesday, July 23, were fully contained Sunday morning. Because of their close proximity, the fires were labeled the Cheney Complex Fire. It was estimated the four fires burned a combined total of 171 acres, or about a quarter mile.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2019 10:45:07 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A man suffered serious burns after a garage goes up in flames at a Kennewick home. Kennewick firefighters responded at 12:15 a.m. on Underwood Street near 27th Avenue and Vancouver Street to a garage up in flames. When they arrived, a man was outside the home with third-degree burns. According to Capt.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2019 9:50:20 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Firefighters battled a blaze Friday night off Highway 12 in Yakima that threatened Washington Fruit and Produce Company fruit bins and a nearby home. Several fire agencies responded just before 9 p.m. to reports of a fire near the Yakima Greenway, westbound on the highway near the 16th Avenue exit. Arriving firefighters found that the fire was actually located near the eastbound lanes on the other side of the highway, according to Yakima Fire Shift Commander Tom Schneider.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2019 1:52:15 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews