Budget cuts left one Tacoma neighborhood without a fire station for years. Now the city plans to reopen Station No. 5 in hopes of getting badly needed service in the Tideflats area and northeast Tacoma neighborhood. "The city allowed these homes complicit with that is also the responsibility of taking care of the people that are here and their needs," said Chris Murphy, who moved into a new home in the northeast neighborhood 15 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2017 7:15:32 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

A home was nearly destroyed after firefighters say an oil pan left unattended sparked flames in the kitchen. Yakima Fire Department (YFD) reports said fire crews arrived at the 1300 block of W Lincoln Avenue around 4:30 a.m., Wednesday to find a fire coming from the home's kitchen. Everyone had left the home safely before firefighters arrived reports said.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2017 3:55:42 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima