Federal authorities said two hunters were cited after they entered a closed area and fired their rifles in the direction of firefighters who were battling a wildfire near the White Pass Ski Area. Officials on the Miriam Fire said in a news release that the incident happened Aug. 23. The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia gave an account of the incident Monday that contained some inaccurate information, local authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 10:36:22 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A pair of new wildfires, collectively dubbed as the Iron East Fire, in the Blewett Pass vicinity have burned approximately 125 acres combined and put several homes on Level 2 evacuation notices. Both fires were sparked last Friday at around 10:00 p.m. by lighting strikes. One is torching timber to the east of Forest Road 9714 and the other is blackening the landscape to the west of Forest Road 9714.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 9:37:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Two waterfront homes were destroyed by fire Tuesday morning on the west side of Vashon Island, but crews prevented the flames from spreading through the surrounding forest. Firefighters responded to the scene, in the 19000 block of Sunset Road SW, at around 2:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a large house fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 8:05:48 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Oso Fire Chief Willy Harper was about to mow his lawn the morning of the slide when he got a call about something in the road. He told his wife he’d be right back. “And I came over the hill … and you couldn’t really tell what was going on,” Harper said. “It was just a tarp in the road and it kind of looked like some mud.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 7:35:46 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-FM Radio