A 2-alarm fire that officials believe started in a shed eventually destroyed a house late Thursday night in Olympia. Crews responded 1100 Fairview St. SE to find multiple propane and fuel tanks burning in a shed near the home. The fire, which started at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday, quickly spread outside of the shed and firefighters had to take defensive action, although they did contain it without any injuries to firefighters or the people living at the home.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 9:57:02 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an overnight fire at the Lake Stevens post office. Crews responded to the scene, at 17th Street and 124th Avenue, at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday after a passerby called to report seeing smoke and flames there. When first responders arrived, they could see fire showing at the front entrance to the post office.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 9:03:37 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Andre Esposito, chairman of Utica’s Civil Service Commission, believes the board has a tough decision to make within the next few months. The commission is considering a request from Mayor Robert Palmieri to authorize an open competitive exam to vet candidates for Utica’s next fire chief. This would open up the test to internal and external candidates for a fire department historically led by internal promotion.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

Verizon Wireless and a Kansas-based construction company said Thursday that they were responsible, through an as-yet-unnamed subcontractor, for work being done at the site of a massive natural gas explosion Tuesday that rocked Sun Prairie’s downtown, killing a volunteer firefighter and critically injuring another.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

A $156,360-a-year deputy district chief has been demoted –– and faces a lengthy suspension along with a paramedic-in-charge for their participation in, yet another timekeeping scam in the Chicago Fire Department. Sources identified the demoted deputy district chief as Edgar Ignacio Silvestrini, who was in charge of the fire department’s Medical Administration Regulatory Compliance section.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times