The Yakima County Fire Marshal has issued a residential burn ban, effective throughout the summer. The county-wide burn ban for unincorporated Yakima County is effective Wednesday, June 12, 2024, to Monday, September 30, 2024, according to Yakima County. The burn ban is due to dry conditions and the potential for wildfires and aims to ensure that human-caused fires will not divert the resources needed to fight wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2024 8:47:00 PM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now

VIDEO: The Grove Fire in the Spokane Geiger Heights area has now been contained 10% as fire crews attack the flames for another day. The fire broke out on Monday afternoon, burning around 75 acres of land and prompting Level 3 (Go Now!) evacuations for residents in the area. As of Wednesday morning, the Level 2 (Be Ready) evacuations were still in place for residents.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2024 4:53:00 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Firefighters found one person dead inside a Tacoma apartment following a fire there early Wednesday. At 12:41 p.m., Tacoma Fire crews were dispatched to the apartment building in the 6300 block of North 26th Street after receiving reports of a fire there. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming out of a first-floor unit of the two-story building.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Yakima Fire Department has named a new Deputy Fire Chief. Chris Hutsell started in his new position in May, according to YFD. Prior to joining YFD he spent 25 years with the Kennewick Fire Department and served as Deputy Chief with Kittitas County Fire District 7. “It is exciting to have Chris on board as Deputy Fire Chief,” said Fire Chief Aaron Markham.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2024 4:48:00 PM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now

VIDEO: Level 3 Evacuation orders were issued Sunday in the Rex Creek area of Lake Chelan due to a wildfire that has grown to 300 acres, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR responded to the Pioneer Fire located approximately 31 miles northwest of Chelan near the east shore.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2024 12:17:54 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane