Posted: Jun 27, 2018
Wildfire season is well underway and state leaders are trying to reduce the number of fires this year.
Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is going around Central Nation Washington holding several town halls and Yakima is one of the locations.
Franz came out to the Yakima Area Arboretum to speak to the public about what is being planned to prevent wildfires from happening as well as how to better protect our forests.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2018 10:35:46 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: Jun 27, 2018
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Posted: Jun 26, 2018
A 1-acre wildfire west of Port Angeles that authorities believe was caused by an unattended campfire was extinguished by Clallam County Fire District No. 2 personnel Sunday evening, Fire Chief Sam Phillips said.
The blaze on state Department of Natural Resources land was reported to 9-1-1 at 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2018 4:01:22 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Jun 26, 2018
A 77-year-old man set a fire to lure firefighters to his Southern California retirement home so he could shoot them, authorities said. The attack killed one firefighter and wounded another.
Thomas Kim was arrested Monday on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and arson but investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the attack in the southern Los Angeles suburb, Police Chief Robert Luna said.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
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Posted: Jun 26, 2018
Citing concerns about firefighter safety, the Seattle Fire Department has doubled the number of people who will respond to calls at homeless shelters in Pioneer Square.
Capt. Shata Stephenson said in a statement that the department has gone from having two or four firefighters respond to “certain locations within Pioneer Square” to “at least six.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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