Fire Chief Lee Soptich announced Monday that Eastside Fire and Rescue had selected Deputy Chief Greg Tryon as interim fire chief following Soptich's retirement. Soptich called the selection "right for all the right reasons." "He has the institutional knowledge, professional skills and well-tuned abilities to take on this next personal challenge and will not be one to just fill the seat.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Issaquah Reporter

Flames swept through an auto shop in Woodland early Tuesday morning, destroying the vehicles that were inside the building. Fire crews arrived to find fire coming from the commercial building. Officials upgraded the incident to a 2-alarm fire. "The fire moved from the work part of the shop to the paint section, where we were dealing with paint, solvents.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu

The new rig features a 1,250-gpm CET diesel pump, four firefighting positions, bumper spray nozzles, and Akron bumper mounter remote monitor.

Law enforcement is investigating an SUV fire that burned the body inside, just behind a Richland neighborhood. There is not a lot of information at this time. Shortly after 1 p.m. neighbors in the area near of Rand Drive called and reported an SUV on fire and that a body may be inside. When firefighters got to the scene, they discovered there in fact was a body burned inside as a result of that fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2015 6:40:02 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Law enforcement is investigating an SUV fire that burned the body inside, just behind a Richland neighborhood. There is not a lot of information at this time. Shortly after 1 p.m. neighbors in the area near of Rand Drive called and reported an SUV on fire and that a body may be inside. When firefighters got to the scene, they discovered there in fact was a body burned inside as a result of that fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2015 6:40:02 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6