A fire in downtown Puyallup closed streets as firefighters responded Friday morning. Fire crews responding to another call stumbled upon the fire inside the Forum Pub & Grill in the historic area. Central Pierce Fire & Rescue said firefighters were called to a report of a carbon monoxide detector going off in the same block as the pub.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2016 7:08:29 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Dover Fire Chief Richard "Turkey" Mattison, who died on Wednesday, will be honored with a fireman's service on Monday evening and a fireman's procession on Tuesday morning. Mattison, who served in Dover's fire department for 43 years, was "just an all-around great guy," said Deputy Chief Bill Gilbert, who retains that title while now running the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger

A federal judge declared Monday that there is enough evidence to move to trial regarding former Nampa Deputy Fire Chief Doug Strosnider who claims he was wrongfully fired. Strosnider claims he was wrongfully fired in 2014 by Nampa Mayor Bob Henry and Fire Chief Karl Malott. Strosnider’s lawsuit claimed he was fired without justification after he’d been with the department since 1992.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Nampa Idaho Press-Tribune

A bulldozer operator who died helping battle a wildfire raging in the Big Sur area was identified as a 35-year-old Fresno County father of two children, officials said Thursday afternoon. Robert Reagan III, a privately contracted heavy-equipment operator from the Sierra foothills town of Friant, died after rolling his earthmover in a remote area while helping fight the Soberanes Fire in Monterey County, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sfgate.com