VIDEO: Towering pine trees, ignited by a brush fire, shot flames into the afternoon sky in Gig Harbor on Sunday as drivers on State Route 16 watched in awe. But the quickly-growing fire was a scarier sight for the several dozen residents in a neighborhood just steps away. For Maryanne Allen, a split-second decision seemed hardly quick enough when she woke up from her nap to find the air around her home thick with smoke.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2023 10:05:09 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Grant County District 13 firefighters battled a wildfire on Saturday near the Wagon Wheel Mobile Home park in the 17000 block of Highway 28. Firefighters said the fire threatened the east side of the park and help was requested from Ephrata Firefighters and Grant County Fire District 7. The fire was contained on both sides and natural barriers slowed the start of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2023 6:04:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

VIDEO/PHOTOS: It's not often you get to go one-on-one in a water fight with first responders. Today, that's exactly what kids in Yakima did for a good cause. Police and fire departments across the valley showed up for the second annual Cop and Fire on Top event. Kids got to test out their aim with squirt guns and firefighters didn't hold back either, pouring whole buckets of water on each other before heading back to the station.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2023 10:49:52 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Firefighters are trying to locate the person who may have been involved in a vehicle fire in Airway Heights. On Saturday, firefighters with Spokane County Fire District 10, the Airway Heights Fire Department and the Airway Heights Police Department responded to a vehicle fire at 1:30 a.m., where three vehicles and a building were involved.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2023 4:24:39 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Lake Sutherland fire west of Port Angeles was determined to be 41 percent contained on Thursday with containment lines almost entirely surrounding the fire area, according to the Western Washington Type 3 Incident Management Team, the interagency group which assumed command of firefighting operations on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 10:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online - Metered SIte