A wildfire in Yakima County grew to at about 2,500 acres on Thursday. The Rattlesnake Hills Fire started on Wednesday at about 10:48 p.m., according to Deputy State Fire Marshal John Wabel. It is burning near Moxee, which is about eight miles southeast of Yakima. The fire is 0 percent contained. The grass and brush fire is threatening homes, crops, and communications infrastructure.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 11:55:38 PM - SOURCE: KING 5

The official report isn’t likely to hit their desks until early August, but city officials say they saw enough this past week to pass judgment on Vancouver’s new, controversial ban on fireworks. “A couple years from now, no one will think about it,” said City Councilor Ty Stober. Stober and other members of the council said they were generally happy with the fireworks ban they unanimously passed in October 2015 that took effect this year.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 10:48:08 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Company, Newton, CT, 20-foot walk-around rescue. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine.

The days of firefighters climbing trees to rescue cats are mostly in the past, but on Thursday officers from the Camas-Washougal Fire Department completed the increasingly rare animal rescue. The department was alerted early Thursday morning that a dog was barking from somewhere downhill from the intersection of Northwest Ostenson Canyon Road and Northwest 18th Loop in Camas.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 9:18:38 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian