Three people were injured, including one seriously, after a car crashed on an off-ramp from I-5 in South Seattle Sunday night. The car was exiting the southbound lanes at Albro Place. South when the driver apparently lost control and went off the road to the right, rolling over onto the shoulder. One person inside was able to get out, but firefighters had to work for several minutes to get out the other two trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A Saturday morning fire destroyed a shop, which was doubling as a residence, as well as a motor home on Rainier Road Southeast, according to the SE Thurston Fire Authority in Yelm. Two people suffered minor burns, but they refused transportation to an area hospital, Chief Mark King said Sunday. About 8:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2018 12:49:46 PM - SOURCE: Olympian

For 17 years, firefighters with Benton County Fire District #4 have been collecting food for families in need. They do things a little differently though. On Saturday night, they decorated their fire trucks with holiday lights and drove down four designated routes in West Richland, handing out candy canes in exchange for a non-perishable item.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2018 12:26:12 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Both lanes of southbound Interstate 5 near Alger were closed for nearly six hours and down to one lane for another three hours for cleanup after a tractor trailer burst into flames late Thursday. The freeway was fully reopened at approximately 6 a.m. Friday, Washington State Trooper Heather Axtman told The Bellingham Herald in an interview Friday.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2018 9:36:35 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald