An overnight fire claimed the life of a Chattaroy mother and her four year old daughter who were sleeping in a camper on private property north of Laurel and Elk-Chattaroy Road. The first call to 911 came in as a brush fire when a neighbor across the street saw trees crowning out. It wasn't until Spokane Fire District 4 crews got on the scene that they realized there was a camper on fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2015 5:00:21 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Seattle Fire Department estimates a blaze at one of Seattle's iconic dive bars caused $450,000 in damage. A Twitter user tweeted KIRO 7 a photo, showing smoke coming from University District's restaurant and bar, Dante's, around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. An overheated electrical wiring in the basement is the cause of the fire, according to investigators.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2015 10:44:09 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Fire officials monitoring the Chelan Complex Fire say significant progress has been made on the fires over the last 24 hours and containment is now being listed at 30%, while the size is estimated to be 63,425 acres. Firefighters are continuing structure protection efforts on several fire fronts while building containment lines where possible.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2015 10:44:02 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

A 46-year-old woman died Monday afternoon while trying to rescue her adult daughter as they were fishing along the shores of the Columbia River in Finley. The daughter was in a small inflatable boat when the current started to pull her under a commercial barge moored in the river about 4:30 p.m. The victim was on the shore and jumped in to try to save her daughter and was sucked under the barge, said Chief Lonnie Click with Benton Fire District 1.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: tri city herald

An administrative law judge's conclusion that the termination of an African-American deputy fire chief at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport involved racial discrimination was correct, according to a ruling issued Monday. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Glenn L. Klavans agreed with the November ruling that found Gregory Lawrence "had been terminated for an illegal reason, in violation of the prohibition against racial discrimination.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: capital gazette