Firefighters rescued three people from a second-floor bedroom window during a fire at a Seattle duplex. Crews were called to the duplex in the 4500 block of South Orcas Street in the Rainier Valley at about 3:10 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters said the fire started in the living room. Crews were able to get three people out of the home with no injuries.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2017 5:03:32 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

The boy Kennewick firefighters saved from a burning house last week is out of the hospital and staying with his family in Benton City Tuesday night. The Stith family said they're safe and warm. And grateful, because after three nights in a Seattle hospital everyone's together and breathing on their own.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2017 4:01:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

Chelan County Fire District 1 said its new fire station in South Wenatchee is under construction. Construction began last week. The new station will be 4,800 square feet. The station is expected to be fully functional by the start of 2018. Chelan County Fire District 1 Chief Mike Burnett says station 13 will have living spaces for four to five fire fighters and will be staffed 24/7.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2017 3:12:49 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

An Alameda County Superior Court judge has ruled that Oakland officials have a duty to act when they come across unsafe conditions in buildings such as the Ghost Ship warehouse, which burned a year ago, allowing a lawsuit against the city stemming from the fire to proceed. In his ruling, Judge Brad Seligman permitted some allegations — such as the mandatory duty claims — to stand, while tossing others.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)

Medway Fire Chief Jon Buckingham has resigned in response to the town’s failure to replace a firetruck that he says is unsafe. The fire department’s front-line pumper-tanker, a 1988 Pierce, has had repairs to its electrical and steering systems, has body rust and and lost its transmission during pump tests.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News