Investigators say at least 18 dumpster fires are believed to have been intentionally set early Wednesday morning. Firefighters started getting calls about the fires about 12:35 a.m. Wednesday. Bellevue fire said fires were being lit until about 1 a.m. All of the fires were set in dumpsters behind businesses in Bellevue and Redmond.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2018 6:41:41 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-FM Radio

In response to the growing need for volunteer firefighters and EMTs, South Whidbey Fire/EMS launched a new program last year to recruit volunteers from outside of the district. So far this year, six EMT out-of-district volunteers have joined the department. They are Seattle residents Sage Cowles, Aron Nolte and Kiel Rasp, Oak Harbor resident Elizabeth Ratterman, Mukilteo resident Kristi Doody and Jesse Jennings, of Edmonds.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2018 1:43:25 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

Amid a relentless onslaught of horrific wildfires, state lawmakers found it easy Tuesday to pinpoint the most important response: Reduce the fuel feeding the conflagrations that have scorched more than 750,000 acres this year. But making that happen, on a meaningful scale, is fraught with problems, they found.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

Alexander Ponton thought it was a bomb. Debris smashed into Ponton’s car as he drove east on West 4th Avenue near Santa Fe Drive. The 24-year-old Thornton man got out and heard screams for help coming from a six-unit residence complex. It had exploded. Ponton jumped into action, assisting a man and woman out of the rubble who had cuts and scrapes on them.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Post