Curiosity caught this cat behind a water heater, but a creative crew of Yakima firefighters cleared her from captivity. A resident in the 1100 block of North 22nd Avenue called the fire department’s downtown station about 10:25 a.m. Wednesday to report that he was concerned because he had found his cat, 7-year-old Tabitha, stuck in a narrow cavity between the water heater and two adjoining walls, Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 5:13:51 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Fire crews are not yet sure what started a house fire that caused extensive damage to a vacant home on North Tower Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Riverside Fire Authority and Chehalis Fire Department crews responded at about 2:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to a report of a house fire in the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 4:07:30 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Fire crews are not yet sure what started a house fire that caused extensive damage to a vacant home on North Tower Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Riverside Fire Authority and Chehalis Fire Department crews responded at about 2:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to a report of a house fire in the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 4:07:30 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

While Congress drags its heels on renewing the Zadroga Act, a hero former FDNY battalion chief was buried on Wednesday after succumbing to World Trade Center-related cancer, officials said. Manhattan Battalion Chief James Costello, 52, died the day before Thanksgiving and was buried in New Jersey after a Catholic funeral mass, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

Akron and the plaintiff firefighters in a long-pending promotions lawsuit have reached a settlement that avoided what would have been a third trial. The city must pay $1.04 million in back pay and pre-judgment interest to the firefighters. “This allows them to look in the rear view mirror and say, ‘God, that decade is over,’” said Bruce Elfvin, an attorney for the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: akron beacon