The advertisement that grabbed Thom Kroon's attention marketed a no-longer-used fire station as a "unique residential dwelling.” So Kroon purchased the property from the City of Seattle in a 2012 auction. Kroon told KIRO 7 he “thought we had essentially bought a residential property” for $712,000. The Seattle man then spent thousands of dollars on interior remodeling, and for more than three years, his extended family and friends used the firehouse for holidays, celebrations, charity fundraisers, graduation parties and as an office until a Land Use Notice of Violation arrived in July of 2016.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Around 30 vehicles crashed in the westbound lanes of the 520 floating bridge during the evening commute on Monday. The westbound direction closed around 6 p.m. and reopened at 10 p.m. The Washington State Patrol said conditions were slippery on the east high rise. The Washington State Department of Transportation was called into to bring deicing product to the roadway.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Firefighters called to a report of a truck fire in Mill Creek arrived to find the vehicle engulfed in flames with the fire spreading to the second story of the house and the garage. Crews were dispatched to the 15000 block of 30th Drive Southeast in the Mill Creek Red Cedar neighborhood at 3:21 a.m.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTO: A Lynnwood PVC pipe caught on fire early Sunday after a car struck the pipe and its wiring. It happened at the intersection of 205th and 39th around 2:00 a.m., according to the Snohomish County Public Utilities District. Crews replaced the pipe and restored power to nearly all the customers affected by the incident by 5:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM Seattle

Everett Firefighters battled a commercial fire in an auto repair shop in the 2900 block of Rucker. Arriving fire units saw flames shooting out of the front of the building on arrival. The fire was reported about 12:20AM and quickly went to two alarms. The arriving engines were able to get a fast knockdown on the fire and get it under control within about 15 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyEverettNews.com