Local Keith Taylor, a battalion chief for the Marysville Fire District, had the honor of singing the national anthem for the Seattle Seahawks' opening game on Sept. 11. He was joined by many other Marysville firefighters who participated in the flag ceremony in the opening ceremonies of the Seahawks' first regular season game of the year.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 1:00:29 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook

Forty firefighters from across the Columbia Basin responded to a three-alarm fire at the Tyson’s Food Plant in Wallula Tuesday morning. Firefighters say the blaze started in the rendering area of the facility around 4 a.m. which is where animals go to get fat removed. Walla Walla Fire District 5 Chief Mike Wickstrom described the blaze as, “Very hot, difficult and smokey.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 11:08:07 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A man remains in jail on $10,000 bail on allegations he set fire to tables and chairs outside a downtown Kennewick nightclub. Scott G. Erdman, 54, has pleaded innocent in Benton County Superior Court to second-degree arson. His trial is set for Oct. 24. Erdman also has a pending residential burglary case for allegedly removing the door from the trailer of a Kennewick neighbor and discharging a fire extinguisher inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 7:42:17 AM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

Weather is playing a crucial role in the effort to fight two wildfires burning in Central Washington. Near Grand Coulee, the 230 Yard Fire has burned about 500 acres and is 40 percent contained. The Elmer Fire is also burning near Elmer City. That fire is 10 percent contained and has burned 5,500 acres.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 7:25:41 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2