Additional resources, including aircraft, arrived to fight the Jolly Mountain Fire in Upper Kittitas County over the weekend. The fire started Aug. 11 after a series of lightning strikes in the region. It is burning in a remote, hard-to-reach area northeast of Lake Cle Elum. As of this morning, it was 4,682 acres, with more than 300 personnel assigned to fight it.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 4:12:21 AM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record

The cause of the fire Monday afternoon that damaged an old home being restored in the 100 block of South Forest Street remains under investigation. John Nickell, 68, was outside in his garden on the corner of Bryant and South Garden streets when he saw smoke coming out of the turret area of the home at 158 S.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 1:46:04 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Baltimore fire officials revised a new dispatching policy Monday amid an investigation into why an engine on the scene of a house fire on Friday was turned away. The city began looking into the matter after audio of firefighters being ordered to leave the scene circulated on the internet. According to audio of fire department communications posted on YouTube under the name Mack Flickerson, Engine 31 from Waverly responded to a house fire at 7:17 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

PHOTO - Seguin firefighters responding to a call during Hurricane Harvey found themselves needing a little help. After responding to a call on Timber Elm in the Elm Grove area, a tree fell due to the high winds onto the cab of the fire engine, disabling the truck. While no injuries were reported, Seguin Fire Chief Dale Skinner said it served as a stark reminder of what can happen in high wind situations.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette

A New Orleans firefighter killed Saturday (Aug. 26) after authorities say he was the unintended target of a shooting outside a Memphis-area nightclub had accomplished everything he was supposed to by age 37, his cousin said. "He found somebody, they fell in love, they had kids," said Hope Howard, 46, of her younger cousin, Gregory Howard.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com