City leaders in Camas are researching a plan to create a regional fire authority that would respond to fires and emergencies within southeastern Clark County. The district would need to be approved by voters. It could include Camas, Washougal and an area currently managed by East County Fire & Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU 2

Spokane Valley Firefighters responded to a commercial structure fire at Trentwood Elementary School just after 4 pm on Sunday. Initial calls to dispatch reported a portable building on fire. This information combined with black smoke seen from Trent and Sullivan prompted a full commercial fire response.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2018 9:19:39 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Firefighters from Puget Sound Fire and King County Fire District 44 had their hands full at 7:10 Saturday morning when a reported house fire turned out to be two homes. Crews were able to contain and extinguish the fire in both homes. Residents in both homes were able to escape safely and there were no reported injuries.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2018 4:52:16 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

Lewis County voters living in Onalaska’s Fire District 1 will have the option to vote on a bond issue that, if approved, would finance construction of a new fire station on Alexander Road in Onalaska. The issue was put on the ballot by a resolution passed by Fire District 1 commissioners which would issue no more than $1.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2018 2:15:40 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Investigators said Wednesday morning's deadly fire in Bonney Lake was accidental. A man in a wheelchair was killed, but four people made it out. A rescue attempt almost took a second life when one of the men who got out tried to go back in to get the man in the wheelchair, but the flames and smoke were just too much.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2018 9:44:15 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000