The Carpenter Road fire is the single biggest disaster to hit Stevens County. The fire racked up $20 million in damages after ripping through 45,000 acres of county land and another 20,000 acres on reservation land. A total of 42 structures burned, including 18 homes. One man died of a heart attack while trying to escape the flames.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 7:35:28 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

A McLane Black Lake Fire District 9 vehicle, which was responding to an emergency at the time, was allegedly hit by a van in the area of Evergreen Parkway and southbound U.S. Hwy. 101 on Saturday, according to the Washington State Patrol. All eight people in the van, including the 53-year-old driver of Montesano, were injured and either taken to Capital Medical Center or Providence St.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 3:56:15 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

A McLane Black Lake Fire District 9 vehicle, which was responding to an emergency at the time, was allegedly hit by a van in the area of Evergreen Parkway and southbound U.S. Hwy. 101 on Saturday, according to the Washington State Patrol. All eight people in the van, including the 53-year-old driver of Montesano, were injured and either taken to Capital Medical Center or Providence St.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 3:56:15 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Fire of unknown origin heavily damaged a two-story Happy Valley home Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, displacing four residents, Bellingham Fire Department officials said. Dispatchers received several calls about a house ablaze at 3017 Wilson Alley about 2:10 p.m. Sunday. “When our crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames coming out multiple windows,” said Assistant Fire Chief Bill Hewett.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 1:44:59 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Fire of unknown origin heavily damaged a two-story Happy Valley home Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, displacing four residents, Bellingham Fire Department officials said. Dispatchers received several calls about a house ablaze at 3017 Wilson Alley about 2:10 p.m. Sunday. “When our crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames coming out multiple windows,” said Assistant Fire Chief Bill Hewett.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 1:44:59 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald