Five people managed to escape from a fire that destroyed one mobile home and damaged a second one early Monday in Kent. Crews responded to the scene, in the 24400 block of 64th Avenue South, at about 5:05 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames at a residence there. The home was already fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 7:28:14 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two women firefighters are suing South Kitsap Fire and Rescue, alleging sexual harassment by a battalion chief who retired in January 2017 after the district notified him the fire chief was proposing he be fired. An internal investigation found former Battalion Chief Michael Wernet made inappropriate and degrading remarks and actions toward the women – at times repeating them to others – and once made sexually-charged comments in front of one of the women’s children.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 6:21:33 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Five people died after a tour helicopter carrying six people crashed into the East River Sunday evening, FDNY and NYPD officials said. Though helicopter crashes in the East and Hudson Rivers are not necessarily uncommon, this becomes one of the deadliest in the city's history, and one of the worst civilian aviation fatalities of any kind in the United States over the last few years.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC New York

Four years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti vowed to revamp the way the city hires firefighters by introducing more women into a department that has been overwhelmingly male. Yet despite increasingly aggressive recruitment efforts, the Fire Department has seen only modest gains. Last month, 3.1% of its firefighters were women, according to employment data prepared by the Fire DepartmentThe sluggish rate of progress threatens Fire Chief Ralph M.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Three children were found dead inside a home in Michigan after a house fire early Saturday morning, police said. A 4-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy were home without any adults at the time of the fire in Eastpointe in suburban Detroit, said Eric Keiser, Eastpointe’s acting director of public safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today