Posted: Jul 18, 2015
A man has been arrested in connection with an apartment fire that started early Saturday morning.
Seattle firefighters rescued a woman from a second-story window on S. Thistle St., as flames quickly spread through a South Park apartment complex.
Four other residents escaped the fire unharmed. One firefighter was briefly taken to the hospital due to overheating.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2015 2:24:49 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Jul 18, 2015
Five buildings and 11,000 tons of hay were lost in a structure fire at Inland Tarp and Cover two miles west of Moses Lake Friday morning.
No one was injured in the fire.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office reports the fire was started accidentally when employees at Inland Tarp and Cover were using a metal chop saw and sparks from the saw ignited nearby combustibles.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2015 2:20:59 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC
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Posted: Jul 17, 2015
Yakima fire department responded to a quick-moving fire in the area of N. 6th Ave. and River Road that damaged three buildings Thursday night.
Firefighters say windy conditions caused the fire to move quickly, and fire crews battled the fire on two fronts and were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 10:49:49 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: Jul 17, 2015
Two young boys lost their lives in an apartment fire in Colville early Friday morning.
It started just before 2 in the morning on the 400 block of North Cedar Avenue.
According to Fire Chief Brad Manke with the Colville Fire Department, the fire had already progressed to a stage that firefighters were unable to make entry.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 8:56:29 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: Jul 17, 2015
In its 55-year-history, Lewis County Fire District 8 in Salkum/Silver Creek has never yet asked for an EMS levy above its base property tax rate, said Anne Piper, chairwoman of the district’s Board of Commissioners.
Until this year, that is. Fire District 8 residents will be asked to vote on a 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed value Emergency Medical Services levy.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 3:13:26 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle
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