A Miami defense lawyer’s pants burst into flames Wednesday afternoon as he began his closing arguments in front of a jury — in an arson case. Stephen Gutierrez, who was arguing that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and was not intentionally set on fire, had been fiddling in his pocket as he was about to address jurors when smoke began billowing out his right pocket, witnesses told the Miami Herald.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

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Wednesday evening Spokane Valley firefighters responded to a reported house fire a 7222 E. Boone Ave. Crews arrived at a vacant single story house just after 5 p.m. and found smoke coming from the eaves of the house. Firefighters called for more units to respond and quickly extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2017 9:01:40 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

A former U.S. Forest Service manager who fled from a DUI accident last summer was sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail. Ellreese N. Daniels, 56, of East Wenatchee pleaded to a felony charge of hit and run and a count of driving under the influence in the July 8 wreck, which injured a Snohomish County motorist and his passenger, both 20.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2017 4:43:56 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A fire that began on a porch spread to a mobile home in Poulsbo on Wednesday. The fire killed one dog. A second dog was taken to a veterinary clinic. Firefighters went to the Poulsbo Mobile Home Park about 12:40 p.m. Police arrived first, and fire officials said an officer was able to use an extinguisher to put out much of the porch fire, slowing its spread.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2017 4:43:25 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000