The wildfire here last August was so hot and fast that not even metal buildings surrounded by concrete and asphalt could defend Lake Chelan Building Supply from being destroyed in the firestorm. The Chelan Complex Fire "melted the windows, swept into the buildings and burned from the inside out," said Brett La Mar, owner and general manager of the Chelan lumberyard.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Cutlerville Fire Department, Grand Rapids, MI, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine.

Firefighters in Redmond made a heartbreaking discovery Saturday afternoon when they found several pets killed in a fire at a condominium complex. Redmond firefighters were called out to the sixty-01 condos near Old Redmond Road and 137th Avenue. The fire was so intense that crews on scene requested a three-alarm response.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2016 6:21:56 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Firefighters in Redmond made a heartbreaking discovery Saturday afternoon when they found several pets killed in a fire at a condominium complex. Redmond firefighters were called out to the sixty-01 condos near Old Redmond Road and 137th Avenue. The fire was so intense that crews on scene requested a three-alarm response.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2016 6:21:56 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

The president of a Washington state association of firefighters unions is urging Gov. Jay Inslee to halt oil transport through the state by rail until an investigation into last week’s fiery oil-train derailment in Mosier, Ore., is done. In a letter to the governor, Dennis Lawson, president of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, cited the looming fire season and what he describes as unsafe transportation methods as reasons for the U.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2016 9:32:33 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian