The Seattle Fire Department ruled Wednesday that Tuesday night’s large barge fire on the Duwamish River was accidental and it estimated damage at $1 million. The barge was loaded with crushed cars — scrap metal — and fire officials did not say exactly how the fire began. The barge was moored in the 600 block of S.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 8:15:09 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

A fire heavily damaged two classrooms inside an exterior building at Gig Harbor's Harbor Heights Elementary School Wednesday. Firefighters were called to the school around 3:30 p.m. for reports of the fire and found flames coming out of one of the portable classroom buildings. They were able to keep the flames from spreading beyond the portable, Gig Harbor Fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 5:47:26 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A Spokane man has been arrested on arson and harassment charges after he tried to burn down a neighbor's home According to probable cause documents, police were called to a house on N. Crestline Monday night by a woman who said her son was mentally unstable and had booby trapped the house, and possibly made other weapons.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 5:35:49 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Investigators will start looking for clues Wednesday as they try to figure out what sparked a raging barge fire in South Seattle. Firefighters battled the huge blaze on the Duwamish River after it broke out about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of South Myrtle Street, just off East Marginal Way South.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 11:02:59 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Seattle Fire Department said their new policy to double staffing on blocks home to some of the city’s busiest homeless shelters will continue until fire crews feel safe again doing their jobs. Asst. Chief Bryan Hastings said firefighters have been assaulted, swarmed by unruly crowds even had people steal gear from their engines and aid cars while they have been working on patients in and around Pioneer Square.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 10:24:43 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000