A firefighter has been injured while battling a house fire in Federal Way Saturday afternoon. The fire broke out in the roof of a home in the 900 block of SW 346th just before 4 p.m., according to officials with South King Fire & Rescue. "I was so scared…I was freaked out," said neighbor Cahtherine Kubiak, who spotted the fire and called 911 since the homeowners were away.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2015 4:41:39 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

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Fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a vacant commercial building near Sprague and Grant Thursday morning. Firefighters say when they arrived around 1:00 am, flames were burning in the alley and up the side of the building. The flames had also knocked down power lines. Firefighters had a challenge getting to the building, but once they did, they were able to knock the fire down relatively quickly.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2015 9:55:21 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The Paradise Fire continues to creep slowly up the slope of the 5,301-foot Pelton Peak in Olympic National Park and has now reached an elevation of 3,000 feet. The fire began at around 700 feet in elevation and is now burning on both sides of Paradise Creek through heavy fuels on the forest floor. Both the eastern and western edges of the fire are reported to be quiet and crews are successfully keeping it north of the Queets River, Olympic National Park officials said Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2015 9:20:14 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World

Firefighters attacked hotspots Wednesday at a wildfire that has destroyed nearly 30 homes in the central Washington city of Wenatchee. By Wednesday evening, a fire spokesman said the blaze was 83 percent contained. Earlier in the day, a Chelan County sheriff's spokesman said the fire was likely human-caused.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2015 9:02:22 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun