Firefighters battled flames on a Lynnwood church shuttle van as small explosions went off overnight. Hours later, police arrested a suspect seen in surveillance video on arson charges. The fire outside the Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church near 44th Avenue and 168th Street started at about 12:44 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 5:08:28 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A spark from burning cardboard ignited the roof of a Port Angeles home Sunday afternoon. Shaughn Mellor, one of the renters at 1358 Campbell Ave., said the fire started as he was burning cardboard in the home’s fireplace. A friend, who arrived about two hours before a barbecue Mellor had planned, ran toward the house as he saw flames and smoke shooting from the roof.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 2:30:57 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

State overseers have informed the city’s Fire Department it will start its new 56-hour workweek schedule Sunday. Bill DiLorenzo, president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 198, said the union was notified of the change late Friday afternoon. The department had worked 42 hours in a week.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic CIty

A firefighter died after collapsing at a blaze in south suburban Harvey on Saturday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., the Harvey Fire Department responded to a report of multiple mobile homes on fire near W. 150th St. and Rockwell Ave., according to Harvey police spokesman Sean Howard. The Harvey Fire Department then called for backup from the neighboring Dolton Fire Department, Howard said.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBCChicago.com

Miami-Dade’s requirement that David Beckham hire only county police and paramedics for his planned Miami soccer stadium drew more heat on Friday — including an indirect swipe from the county’s own fire chief. David Downey, head of Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue, signed a letter from a countywide chiefs association opposing any efforts by the county to “dictate” how rescue services are delivered within municipal jurisdictions.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald