Illegal fireworks are being blamed for an early morning fire that caused more than $100,000 damage to a warehouse in unincorporated Snohomish County south of Everett. An employee called 9-1-1 at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday to report flames coming from a skylight in the 45,000-square-foot warehouse in the 2800 block of 119th St.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 7:11:33 AM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today

A fire at the top of a building near the U.S. Bank Plaza in downtown Bellevue caused a major response to the city early Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the 10800 block of NE 8th St. to find flames coming from the top of a high-rise building there. Crews put out the fire over the course of several minutes, and they limited it to the penthouse there.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 5:31:52 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Fire crews are on the scene of a large fire that destroyed a trailer in Kennewick. Flames continued to swarm the property at the corner of South Gum Street and 27th Avenue. Authorities say the fire actually started in the yard and quickly spread to the manufactured home on the property. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to the home and a few trees on the property--so the fire didn’t damage any other buildings, and luckily nobody got hurt.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 2:38:47 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A St. Louis fire captain who sustained injuries while fighting a fire during the Fourth of July holiday has died. Capt. John Kemper, 59, died Wednesday after he was injured while battling a structural fire in the 3600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue early the morning of July 5, the department said. Kemper didn’t suffer any burns.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Houston firefighters are in search of higher pay. It's part of a "firefighter pay initiative" launched by the firefighters' union. As we first told you last week, Houston firefighters want pay parity with the city's police. They're circulating petitions to try to get the parity issue on the November ballot so voters can decide.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston