Emergency crews rescued a driver Monday whose car plunged over an embankment at Snoqualmie Pass overnight and spent more than 12 hours inside his vehicle, officials said. The car went over the embankment off Interstate 90 at about 9 p.m. Sunday and plummeted 100 feet down a steep slope in the snow. The driver decided that it was too dangerous to get out, Trooper Rick Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Mt. Vernon (ME) Fire Department AutoCAFS pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Darley LDMBC 1,250-gpm pump; AutoCAFS II pumping system.

The Kennewick community is now rallying around one man after his house went up in flames Sunday morning. Just after 10:00 AM, firefighters responded to the large fire at a house on South Quincy Street. Firefighters tell us that the burn started in the kitchen, and quickly spread from there. Before long, it had engulfed the whole house, and was even powerful enough to melt parts of the neighbor's cars.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2016 9:38:43 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

The Vancouver apartment fire that sent two people jumping for safety from the second story Saturday evening started on the outside of the building, and fire investigators are seeking tips to help them determine the cause of the blaze. The fire damaged two upstairs and two downstairs units of the Fort Vancouver Terrace Apartments, 4710 Plomondon St.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2016 8:41:24 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

No one was injured in a shop fire north of Ellensburg at 1:30 a.m. today. Residents at 3013 U.S. Highway 97 woke up to the sounds of explosions when their shop caught fire 30 feet from their house, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Rich Elliott said. The explosion is suspected to have come from ammunition igniting.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2016 1:43:46 AM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record