Toyota is recalling roughly 1.9 million RAV4 sport utility vehicles in the U.S. because the batteries can shift during sharp turns and potentially cause a fire. The recall, which Toyota announced Wednesday, affects certain RAV4s from the 2013 through 2018 model years. The Japanese automaker said in a statement that some replacement 12-volt batteries used in the SUVs have smaller top dimensions than others.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

A total of 27 cats were found dead inside a Spokane Valley home where a kitchen fire broke out on Wednesday. The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) responded to a reported house fire near North Avalon just before 1 p.m. Crews quickly knocked down the fire in the kitchen, but found "a large number" of dead cats inside the house.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Voters in Grant County Fire District 7, which includes the city of Soap Lake, will decide the fate of a proposal to increase the rate of the district’s property tax levy for fire service in the general election Nov. 7. The “levy lid lift” would set the levy rate at $1.30 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 2:59:00 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

Fire officials battled a massive house fire in Roosevelt Wednesday morning. Authorities say flames broke out at around 4 a.m. on Catlin Avenue. Video shows fire officials battling the large flames that tore through the house. Officials determined that burning incense ignited a mattress in the basement of the home.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

VIDEO: A Seattle Fire Department crew was inside the Ballard Fred Meyer when a security guard rushed to warn them about people rummaging through their fire truck in the parking lot. The firefighters noted the guard was "shaking" as he told them he had just been chased by a group of men after yelling at them in an attempt to interrupt the theft.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle