A Wednesday morning brush fire with flames that reportedly reached heights of 6 feet was started by a 9-year-old boy playing with a lighter, said Detective Luke Bogues of the Port Townsend Police Department. The case will be forwarded to the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Bogues said, because the flames damaged a flatbed trailer parked nearby.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2015 7:38:08 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A forest fire burning southeast of Mount Adams more than tripled in size Wednesday to more than 5,000 acres. Cooler weather today could help, but it also brings the danger of more lightning storms, which could ignite more fires. Smoke from the fire and others is drifting into the Yakima Valley, where authorities warned it was unhealthy enough in places to cause problems for young children, the elderly and those with asthma.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2015 2:48:18 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Spokane Firefighters were called to Pacific Steel Wednesday morning for a haz-mat investigation. Fire crews on scene say there was a chemical spill at the plant, possibly ammonia, and multiple workers were exposed. Spokane Police say workers were handling a barrel and it was punctured. Haz-mat crews are on scene investigating.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2015 11:12:26 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Firefighters battling the Rutter Canyon Fire say the fire is 0 percent contained, but it is no longer spreading. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Guy Giffords said firefighters have dug trails around the main fire and two nearby spot fires. The fire is estimated to be roughly 150 acres, burning mostly state and county park land, but also some private property.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2015 9:20:31 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

The Spokane Valley Fire Department is asking all residents within the area from Valleyway Avenue to Broadway Avenue and from Vista Road to Sargent Road to check their property and report any extinguished fires that may have been set early Wednesday morning. Firefighters were busy fighting two suspicious fires early Wednesday morning started in the area, and believe other fires may have been set and then put out before developing into a bigger fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2015 9:13:09 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6