Portland police emergency and crisis teams have taken a suspect into custody after after a man barricaded himself inside a burning Southeast Portland home Wednesday morning. Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson at a news conference just before noon said police initially responded to reports of a disturbance near Southeast 127th Avenue and Rhone Street about 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Lakewood police are investigating after a small camper explosion and fire that sent three people to the hospital Wednesday night. It happened just before 8:30 p.m. on Fern Street Southwest, near American Lake. Officials said a woman and two men were inside the detached camper when it exploded. All three suffered burns and were taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Pharr (TX) Fire Department MVP rescue-ladder-quint. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; 77-foot heavy-duty rear-mount aerial ladder; Akron Stream Master 2 monitor.

The Bremerton Fire Department has a new union contract and will get a new chief but has yet to pop its ballooning overtime budget. The City Council passed a three-year agreement Wednesday night between the city and its firefighters' union. It includes a 2.5 percent bump in pay for 2016 that will cost about $141,000 this year, with subsequent increases of 2 percent in 2017 and between 1.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 7:24:15 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun - Metered Site

Spokane Valley firefighters worked to put out a fire at a business near Trent and Barker Wednesday evening. The fire started at Vandermeer Forest Products around 5:30 p.m. Crews say a forklift that uses propane caught fire. There was an explosion that blew three doors off of a nearby building. Fortunately no one was inside the building at the time and no injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 6:48:19 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6