Kennewick firefighters battled a short blaze at an automotive shop on Third Avenue. The fire started in a vehicle at Les's A-1 Automotive and Repair at 620 East Third at 1:30 p.m. Flames spread to the building. Kennewick firefighters brought the blaze under control within 20 minutes, and were checking to see if it spread to the attic.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2018 5:39:22 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

A fire in the middle of the night, in a home where firefighters say the smoke alarm wasn't working. At around 3:40 in the morning, the Yakima Fire Department responded to an apartment in the 600 block of North 6th Avenue. Firefighters say when they arrived, they saw the people living there and their dog had already evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2018 4:52:07 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

South King Fire and Rescue will ask voters in Federal Way and Des Moines on Aug. 7 to lift a property tax lid to allow the district to collect $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. State law allows fire districts to collect up to $1.50 per $1,000 assessed property valuation, but the increase can’t be more than 1 percent from the previous year without voter approval.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 11:52:00 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

Sometimes it takes only seconds to determine life or death. It's a reality first responders deal with on a daily basis, but on Saturday there's some new faces on the crew when city council members and other city leaders got the chance to experience what it's like responding to emergencies."I've had some first aid training, but not like anything like the training that I just went through.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 11:43:36 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

A woman left about 50 grams of a potentially explosive acid at a hazardous waste collection, triggering road closures and concerns. Shortly before 10 a.m., an unknown person dropped off a box of laboratory-grade chemicals at the Benton County event at the road department shop on Wiser Parkway, near Cottonwood Elementary school, said Shyanne Faulconer, a Benton County spokeswoman.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 4:00:15 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald