Investigators spent all day at Pacific Steel Thursday and are still not sure where the canister filled with the leaked chlorine gas came from. Several agencies responded to help investigate Thursday, including 26 people from the Fairchild Airforce Base. Pacific Steel representatives said they do not accept any chemicals, nuclear waste, or paint into the facility, so investigators said they are still trying to determine how the cylinder got into the plant in the first place.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2015 8:09:51 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

A fully loaded log truck spilled its load after a driver swerved to avoid an animal on U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles on Thursday morning, the State Patrol said. A Port Angeles man driving another vehicle was treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center after the wreck. Charles Simmon, 58, of Clallam Bay was not injured when he swerved to avoid a dog or deer in the eastbound lane between Laird and Dry Creek roads at about 6:28 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2015 7:41:14 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Officials said if additional state equipment and machinery are unavailable to fight the Cougar Creek fire, they may begin talking with private companies about leasing their equipment, such as water tenders and bulldozers, to help combat the fire. Firefighters combating the Cougar Creek Fire, around 6 miles northwest of Glenwood, are struggling with rapidly moving fire speeds and limited resources today.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2015 3:09:39 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A thunder and lightning storm swept through the LC Valley earlier Wednesday. KLEW News Reporter Alex Crescenti shows us what Asotin County firefighters were up against, west of Clarkston. Around 10:30a.m. Tuesday morning, Asotin County firefighters responded to flames spotted somewhere in the hills.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: klewtv

The Spokane Fire Department, assisted by other local emergency agencies, is managing the the leak of chlorine gas, which sent several people to the hospital in critical and serious condition. The incident happened Wednesday morning at Pacific Steel and Recycling, located at 1114 N. Ralph Street. Workers at Pacific Steel and Recycling confirmed a 55-gallon drum was in a metal crusher when it ruptured, releasing a cloud of yellow vapor came out.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kxly