An overnight blaze at an Olympia home was sparked by a heater for the residents' pet tarantulas, investigators said. Firefighters responded to the home, in the 1300 block of Cherry Street SE, at around 12:30 a.m. Friday after receiving reports of flames and smoke on the second floor. Crews arrived quickly and were able to contain the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 7:39:03 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A family of four escaped a 2-alarm fire near Lynnwood early Friday morning after the mother heard a loud bang and evacuated the home. The fire started at about 1:40 a.m. in the 17000 block of 13th Ave. W. in Martha Lake, with flames shooting through the roof when firefighters arrived. A couple and their two young children were not hurt by the fire, which firefighters had to attack from the outside because conditions were too dangerous for them to enter the house.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 5:09:31 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A year and five months after a Wilmington rowhome blaze claimed the lives of three city firefighters, federal officials are still investigating what factors made the Canby Park fire so deadly – and how the city can prevent similar tragedies. City residents and firefighters hope an upcoming report can help explain why the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delawareonline.com

State legislators Thursday heard testimony that preparation for California’s new era of catastrophic and deadly wildland fires will require costly changes to land management, building safety and firefighting services, amounting to a wholesale upgrade of the state’s firefighting force. “We have to increase our pace and scale of everything we’re doing,” Mark Ghilarducci, director of the state Office of Emergency Services, told the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat