A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train Friday morning in Kent, officials said. The deadly accident took place at about 6 a.m. near the Willis Street crossing. The train was heading north toward Everett, carrying a load of big empty tubs, when it struck a man who was on the tracks, said BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

The Fourth of July is right around the corner, but with the fun and celebration comes some rules and regulations. A year ago, Asotin County passed a new ordinance to help cut down on confusion, by creating a countywide standard for when and how long fireworks can be used. That ordinance is now in effect and officials will be enforcing it.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLEW-TV

Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District, Greenwood, IL, pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 3,500-gallon tank.

A 4-year-old boy who found a lighter then wandered off when his mom wasn’t watching started the fire that gutted a 7-Eleven in the uptown Vancouver area June 14, according to investigators. Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli said the boy’s mother was talking to the store clerk when the boy found a long-neck lighter in the store, walked off and then lit some items in the store aisles on fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2017 7:44:48 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

A man drew heavy emergency crew presence to the Monroe Street Bridge Thursday morning after he was spotted swimming in the fast-moving Spokane River. Emergency crews at American Medical Response and the Spokane Fire Department were called at about 8:20 a.m. to the area just west of the Monroe Street Bridge, where they found a man in his shorts, with no shirt, perched on top of a large boulder overlooking the water.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2017 5:51:35 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review