The Mercer Island Fire Department presented local student Caroline Crow with a Fire Chief’s coin and a certificate on March 21, in recognition of her notable actions regarding a house fire last fall. On Sept. 11, 2016, the MIFD was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm event. Upon hearing the audible alarm, Crow went outside to investigate and discovered smoke and flames coming from her neighbor’s house.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 1:01:37 PM - SOURCE: Mercer Island Reporter

East Pierce firefighters were called to a large vapor leak in Sumner. Fire crews said it appeared to be two pressure relief valves activating and venting some type of product, likely natural gas, at a large rate at Williams Pipeline Mercaptan Station in the 2300 block of East Valley Highway East. East Valley was closed from Cascade Water in the 2100 block to Log Cabin at the 2700 block while crews assessed the situation.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 11:16:54 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Officials say pipeline safety regulators and Puget Sound Energy have reached a settlement over a complaint regarding a natural gas explosion in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle last year. The state Utilities and Transportation Commission said Tuesday the settlement would impose a penalty of $2.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 10:41:38 AM - SOURCE: CBS Seattle KSTW-TV & KPTK-AM