A Toledo man reportedly drowned Saturday after rescuing his 9-year-old son. Around 3:15 p.m., a Toutle firefighter was flagged down by a family member just a few miles east of Toutle on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway to report a drowning nearby. The victim, Benjamin A. Brooks, 35, of Toledo, had been swimming in the area with his wife, Linda, and two children.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2015 2:19:38 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Authorities said Saturday that a wildfire in a rural part of Mason County burned 13 structures - five of them homes - and was 50 percent contained. Mason County authorities said no civilians or firefighters have been hurt in the Deckerville fire, but an unknown number of animals have been lost. Chief Deputy Ryan Spurling with the Mason County Sheriff's Office said six of the structures burned are homes.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2015 2:58:30 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

Crews rushed to contain a brush fire after two trucks collided on State Route 970, sparking a quick-spreading fire shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Trooper Wright with the Washington State Patrol said a tanker truck full of fuel hit a pickup truck and rolled over, bursting into flames and causing a fire that quickly spread to nearby brush.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2015 2:05:21 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for some residents near the Wolverine Creek Fire, which is moving toward Lucerne. The Level 3 evacuation notices went out Thursday to Lightning and Riddle Creek cabin owners. A Level 3 evacuation will go into effect Saturday in Holden Village and Lucerne. The U.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 11:37:46 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

A Yakima family is safe after an early morning house fire Friday. Crews were called to the home on the 400 block of North Fifth Avenue around 3:30 a.m. When the arrived, the attic was on fire and began to burn through to the side of the house. A passerby saw the fire and banged on the door of the house.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 7:45:45 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima