VIDEO/PHOTOS: An afternoon of fishing and enjoying at Fivemile Lake in south King County turned tragic in an instant Wednesday afternoon. “I don’t recall having a drowning this early last year,” said Chief Pat Pawlak with the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority. A man, fishing from his kayak, tipped over.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Rescuers plucked a frozen and disoriented hiker from Mica Peak on March 17 after searching throughout the night. The hiker started from the Liberty Lake County Park and planned to thru -hike up and over Mica Peak, ending on Radar Road, where his brother was going to pick him up, said Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy Philip Pfeifer, the search and rescue coordinator.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

One person drowned and a rescuer was seriously hurt at Fivemile Lake on Wednesday. South King Fire and Rescue, Valley Regional Fire and Rescue, and Renton Regional Fire Authority crews were called to the lake along 44th Ave. S in Auburn, at Fivemile Lake. Authorities clarified what happened on Thursday, saying that one kayaker fell into the water and a Good Samaritan went into the lake to try to rescue that person.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 2:56:05 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ TV FOX 13 Tacoma

A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a former Elks Lodge in northeast Portland early Thursday morning. The fire started at about 2 a.m. at a building on Northeast 100th Avenue, near Northeast Irving Street. PF&R said crews are very familiar with this building as there have been multiple fires at the building over the past few years.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

VIDEO: A retired firefighter is breaking records in weightlifting competitions and he’s doing it with only one arm. “I was a firefighter for the city of Franklin and we had just come back from a fire, I was guiding the truck back into the bay for the driver and it was just a freak accident I got pinned in between the truck and the wall,” said Mike Diehl.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton