As of Sunday, fire crews have the Milepost 22 fire near Vantage fully contained. In total, it burned 7,614 acres of sage and brush. Crews believe it was caused by humans but haven't released anymore information on the exact cause. Level 1 evacuation notices were in place for about 30 homes in Vantage last week, but no buildings were damaged by the fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 10:14:46 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A 16-year-old girl likely only suffered minor injuries early Sunday morning after a car went over an embankment, causing the girl to become pinned underneath the car, according to the Mercer Island Police Department. Police say that the driver of the car reportedly was backing from a driveway in the 6400 block of East Mercer Way when the car started going over the embankment.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 4:42:33 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Fire crews suspect a ricocheting bullet or illegal ammunition started a brush fire on the hill above the Rattlesnake Mountain Shooting Facility north of Benton City Sunday morning. The call came in just before 10:30 a.m. and burned more than 400 acres before crews got the blaze under control. Benton County Fire District 2 Chief Ron Duncan said the fire could have been much worse, and adds that fire crews are preparing for events just like this, by clearing fire-breaks with bulldozers in areas that can be problematic.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 2:52:30 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A 45-year-old fire captain has died and another firefighter is in stable condition after both were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Long Beach senior housing facility early Monday. Fire officials said the firefighter who died was Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Dave Rosa from Fire Station 10.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

A firefighter/EMT with the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District lost his life Sunday after an accident at the district’s station near Rainsboro. Early Monday morning, Paint Creek released the name of the victim, firefighter/EMT Joe Patterson. “It is with deepest sympathies that we have been informed that our brother has been called home and answered his final alarm and did not survive the injuries inflicted by the accident,” said public information office Branden Jackman in an earlier press release.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times-Gazette