The Hart and Cayuse Fires burning in Stevens and Lincoln County are burning on both sides of the Spokane River up north. It began as the Hart Fire near Davenport. When it jumped the river, the second fire became the Cayuse Fire, burning on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The Hart Fire is 4,200 acres and about 20 percent contained as of Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 10:49:26 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Trimble (TN) Fire Department, pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank.

During the August Primary Election, voters in Monroe Fire District 3 approved merging with Snohomish County Fire District 7 by almost 81 percent. Merging two fire agencies involves several steps. To that end Fire District 7 officials have released the following new information to insure that residents of both communities know and understand what the process is moving forward.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 9:45:30 PM - SOURCE: Sky Valley Chronicle

The rush by the U.S. Forest Service to cut a fireline through critical fish and wildlife habitat to fight a fire that never came anywhere near has spurred a lawsuit in federal court. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE), a Eugene, Ore.-based nonprofit, filed the lawsuit last week in U.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 9:42:52 PM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

Small fire departments have limited resources, but many of them in Snohomish County are sending what little they have — brush trucks, other apparatus and personnel -- to the fires in Eastern Washington. Sultan’s Chief Merlin Halvorson only has six full-time firefighters, but he sent two to Spokane County.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 9:02:24 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7