A large fire at an apartment complex in North Seattle Saturday has been ruled accidental. Fire investigators determined the cause was from faulty electrical equipment in a kitchen on the second floor of the north side of the building. Heavy smoke on a hot Saturday afternoon made for extra tough conditions battling a three alarm fire at the Park Meridian Apartments in North Seattle.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: q13fox.com

A two-alarm fire tore through an apartment building that houses elderly, disabled and low-income people in Cheney on Saturday afternoon, sending at least two residents to the hospital and injuring a cat. The fire was reported about 2 p.m. in a four-unit building at the 100 Washington Square apartments.
- PUB DATE: 8/6/2017 5:14:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A structure fire partially damaged a Thurston County home Saturday afternoon and gave two kittens smoke inhalation. In an unrelated incident a kitten became trapped in the wall of a Lacey apartment building. The West Thurston Regional Fire Authority was called to the fire in the 6500 block of 105th Ave.
- PUB DATE: 8/6/2017 3:32:29 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

A fire quickly extinguished by the Port Townsend Paper Corp. fire brigade did minimal damage to the mill with no injuries, East Jefferson Fire Rescue said. Mill officials reported a major fire to 9-1-1 dispatchers at 3:27 p.m. Thursday after a fire broke out on the ground floor of the Recovery Room, said Bill Beezley, East Jefferson Fire Rescue spokesman.
- PUB DATE: 8/6/2017 11:13:55 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News