An auto repair and sales shop in Port Townsend went up in flames Saturday after someone lit a cigarette in a room filled with gasoline vapors, officials said. When firefighters arrived to the fully-engulfed Custom Auto Craft and Sales at 2553 Cape George Road they took a defensive tact and focused on protecting nearby structures and vehicles, said East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesperson Bill Beezley.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 3:10:22 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

An ambulance crew treated a firefighter for heat exhaustion after he battled a shop fire that caused about $2 million worth of damage near Harrah. According to Yakima County Fire District 5, the fire began around 2:15 P.M. on the 300 block of Brown Road. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a large agricultural building in flames.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 2:28:33 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death Saturday of Fire Chief Abraham Pitre, said Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz in a statement early Sunday morning. Diaz called the 44-year-old Pitre's death "sudden" and that the "circumstances of the incident remain under investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com

When Columbus officials rolled out a plan to cut the number of paramedics on trucks responding to medical emergencies, they said it would save on the city Division of Fire’s bulging overtime budget. Six months later, overtime in the division is on track to bust its budget for the sixth time in seven years and reach its highest level in years, but fire Chief Kevin O’Connor said the plan is working.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch

The park seems out of place, a flat swath of green grass and American flags tucked amid Savannah Highway's bustling corridor of strip malls, car dealerships and gas stations. Thousands of motorists flood past each day navigating the snarl of congestion that defines this stretch of road. As they hurry by, the spot where dozens of men once waged the battle of their lives becomes a mere flash of scenery on a suburban landscape.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charleston Post and Courier