Firefighters had to free a man Sunday afternoon after a tree fell on him in his backyard. Eastside Fire and Rescue says a man in his 70s was on a ladder cutting a tree when the ladder fell and the tree trapped him Firefighters manged to free him, and he was taken to a hospital. The man reportedly suffered a fractured leg The incident occurred in the 18900 block of Southeast May Valley Road.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Traffic slowed down on Highway 240 Saturday in Kennewick due to a brush fire. According to the Kennewick Fire Department, they received the first call about this fire at 6:45 P.M. The fire took place on the south side of the highway between the exits for Edison Street and Columbia Center Boulevard. Firefighters say it burned about a third of an acre.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2017 11:24:11 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

Spokane County Fire District 3 and Medical Lake Fire Department are working together to fight a second-alarm brush fire burning in the area of Washington Road and Highway 902 south of Lakeland Village near Cheney Saturday evening. District 3 Fire Chief Cody Rohrbach says the fire is burning primarily in grass, and that winds could be a factor, but that firefighters were getting a handle on the fire as of 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2017 7:55:52 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane