Firefighters extinguished a house fire in Kelso on Tuesday evening, with no injuries reported. Just after 6:30 p.m., dispatches took a call about a fire in a duplex in the 200 block of Barnes Street. According to 911 call logs, the neighbor saw smoke coming through their walls and called 911 when nobody answered the door to the adjoining apartment.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2020 2:08:22 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Children playing with matches reportedly sparked a small brush fire Tuesday afternoon near Ephrata. Grant County Fire District 13 and Ephrata firefighters responded shortly after noon to a wildfire threatening structures and vehicles in the 12000 block of Road C.5 Northwest. A quick response from fire crews kept the blaze contained at about two acres.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2020 9:12:10 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Six new firefighters joined Clallam County Fire District 3’s ranks this month. They include: Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician Tyler Campbell; FF/Paramedic Chris Darling; FF/EMT Jon Donahue; FF/EMT Paul Lang; FF/EMT Colton McGuffey, and FF/EMT Bo Pinnell. Fire Chief Ben Andrews said all of the new hires are “excellent” firefighters chosen from a competitive field.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

VIDEO: Challenge accepted! A Washington boy named Jaxen called on members of Eastside Fire & Rescue to join him in a water fight -- and the firefighters did not disappoint. Station 87 firefighters said after completing an emergency call, the crew met up with Jaxen and his friends on Monday for a socially distant water fight in the front yard.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

An electrical fire destroyed a home and displaced five people Monday afternoon in Terrace Heights, East Valley Fire Department reported. Firefighters were called around 5 p.m. for a fire at 408 Butterfield Road. They were told the fire was on the outside of the house, but when they arrived the entire one-story structure was on fire, said fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2020 7:38:16 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic