Firefighters contained a brush fire that sent a huge plume of smoke over Tukwila Saturday and almost spread to a nearby strip mall. Firefighters initially responded to the brush fire along South 146th Street and say flames grew quickly. Crews got the fire under control and prevented it from spreading further.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2017 11:34:05 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

All that’s left is a chimney. A waterfront home in Wauna went up in flames Saturday morning and burned to the ground. The Key Peninsula Fire Department was dispatched to the home in the 8900 block of 128th Street Northwest about 9:15 a.m., Chief Guy Allen said. They came down the long driveway to find much of the home in flames and took a defensive approach to save two nearby structures, Allen said.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2017 1:41:47 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Officers were injured while attempting to arrest a man suspected of setting a building on fire in Mount Vernon Saturday morning. The officers identified the 33-year-old transient as a person of interest while responding to a reported arson in the 100 block of North 15th Street, Lt. Mike Moore with the Mount Vernon Police Department said.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2017 5:02:01 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Firefighters have reassessed how much land was blackened by a wildlands fire west of Yakima earlier this week and now say the figure stands at 121 acres. An initial estimate had placed the burned area at 30 acres. Fire officials said Friday that the number of acres burned was adjusted after crews walked the entire fire line with GPS units.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2017 7:47:31 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Deputy Fire Chief Tom Cooper is retiring June 29 after 32 years on fire crews. Cooper first started working for the city as a volunteer firefighter in 1985. He was hired as Arlington’s second full-time career firefighter in 1991. In 1999 he was promoted to captain, and in 2003 was promoted to deputy chief.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2017 3:58:04 PM - SOURCE: Marysville Globe