VIDEO: Every year Spokane Firefighters travel for training. This year they went to the Tri-Cities, but it wasn't just the firefighters that attended. So did Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown. "It was intense," Mayor Brown said. Why would the mayor of a city train alongside firefighters? "It’s difficult for an elected official to fully understand what our needs are,” Spokane Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Crews battled a large fire early Monday morning in Longview, authorities said. According to Longview Fire, crews rushed to a home at 2715 Fir St. just after 2:00 a.m. where a detached garage was fully ablaze, with the fire showing the possibility of spreading. Officials said that units were on the scene within five minutes of the original 911 call and they quickly jumped into action, fighting back the flames.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A building complex on Railroad Avenue Southeast, a busy main road in downtown Snoqualmie, caught fire Sunday morning at about 5:15 a.m. The building is home to Snoqualmie Ice Cream, Chickadee Bakeshop, Snoqualmie Pie Company and Littlest Wishes Photography, leaders of the City of Snoqualmie said.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

An apartment at the Campus Village Apartments on the 900 block of E 18th Ave caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue, at 1:50 a.m., firefighters headed to the scene of a second-floor apartment fire after several callers reported flames coming from the balcony.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Eighteen people were displaced after a fire tore through a multi-family apartment complex in Tacoma Wednesday evening. According to the Tacoma Fire Department (TPD), crews responded to a report of a fire around 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Westwood Square Apartment complex on the 8800 block of Pacific Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle