Two mobile homes were burned and other homes were threatened as two large brush fires burned in the South Sound Sunday, keeping firefighters across the region quite busy. The first fire began near Covington just after 4 p.m. when a witness spotted a fire in the 25000 block of 188th Ave. SE. Firefighters arrived to find a blaze moving toward a home and spreading into thick brush.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

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Fighting a wildfire like the 2,680-acre Miriam Fire near White Pass requires a lot of firefighters — and a lot of trucks and planes and helicopters — but it also requires a lot of cooks, a lot of portable toilets, a lot of medical personnel and a whole finance department. The White Pass Ski Area, from which the Miriam firefighting effort is coordinated, is closed for the summer, but it’s been abuzz with activity since a Type 2 fire incident management team was called in Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 10:13:21 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A firefighter is recovering at Harborview Medical Center after getting severe burns on his body while fighting wildfires in the state. Brett Read is many things. He is a husband. He is a father. He’s also a firefighter. He had risked his life to protect others for seven years. Recently, that risk of losing his life was closer than he’s ever experienced.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 9:24:50 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Firefighters from Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue, Yakima Fire, Naches Fire and the training center are fighting a blaze north of Cold Creek. It started Thursday night and last reports say it is around 8,000 acres. According to a Facebook post on Washington State Fire Wire, it is burning on the south side section of the Yakima Training Center and no structures are threatened.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 9:34:01 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com