An arsonist may be responsible for four fires that broke out in Auburn Sunday night. The fires happened within 90 minutes and within a mile of one another. Valley Regional Fire said the first fire was reported at 8:17 p.m. at an empty duplex in the 2200 bulk of M Street Northeast. About half the building was damaged.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2015 5:05:26 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

The state Department of Natural Resources mistakenly overpaid a private contractor to help fight last year’s Carlton Complex fire in North-Central Washington, according to a state accountability audit released Thursday. While the amount the state overpaid — about $9,000 — was subsequently repaid by the private contractor, the audit finding highlights the pressure on the state’s largest wildland firefighting agency to respond quickly to fires while also ensuring that all proper procedures are followed.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2015 3:35:10 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

The state Department of Natural Resources mistakenly overpaid a private contractor to help fight last year’s Carlton Complex fire in North-Central Washington, according to a state accountability audit released Thursday. While the amount the state overpaid — about $9,000 — was subsequently repaid by the private contractor, the audit finding highlights the pressure on the state’s largest wildland firefighting agency to respond quickly to fires while also ensuring that all proper procedures are followed.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2015 3:35:10 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Brenda Pridgen dabbed away another tear as she composed herself to meet President Barack Obama, an encounter that elicited a rush of conflicting emotions for the widow of Baltimore firefighter James E. Bethea. "My husband would have loved this," Pridgen said of Sunday's memorial service at Mount St. Mary's University for 87 firefighters — including Bethea and Baltimore County firefighter Robert W.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: baltimore sun