Investigators were looking for the cause of a fire responsible for an estimated $50,000 in damage to a Dottie Drive home Thursday afternoon. Firefighters from Selah, Gleed and the Army’s Yakima Training Center went to the fire at the single-story home just west of town around 3:40 p.m. Smoke was coming from inside the house and under the roof eaves, said Selah Deputy Fire Chief Jim Lange.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2017 11:53:26 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Everett firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at the Colby Square Apartments in the 2200 block of Colby Avenue late Thursday night. The Everett Fire Marshal said that all 14 units in the two-story apartment were left uninhabitable. He didn't know the number of residents who lived there, but he noted that the Red Cross was on the scene to help those displaced.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2017 11:16:09 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Firefighters from Joint Base Lewis-McChord were the first emergency crews to respond to Monday’s deadly Amtrak crash, likely saving multiple lives as years of training kicked in. Christopher Bernard, the assistant fire chief of operations for JBLM Fire and Emergency Services, was the lead commander for the firefighters at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2017 5:41:15 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13