An off-duty Seattle fire lieutenant was at the right place at the right time when a fire broke out at the University of Washington Medical Center last week. On Oct. 2, Lt. LeRoy Sisley was visiting his wife on the seventh floor of the hospital when a fire alarm went off on the first floor. Sisley decided to rush down to the first floor to investigate.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

No one was injured in an early-morning fire caused more than $55,000 damage to an Edmonds townhouse. A passerby called 911 at 4:35 a.m. to report smoke and flames coming from the two-story structure in the 7800 block of 196th St. SW. “This is less than half a mile down the road from Edmonds Fire Station 16 so we had firefighters on scene within minutes,” said Leslie Hynes, public information officer for South County Fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2019 9:47:14 PM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

Douglas County Fire District 2 is growing. The district was awarded $1,070,724 last month through a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to pay for five more career firefighters. “This is a huge boost to the district’s financial stability as we continue to expand services and protection to the people who live, work and visit our area,” Fire District 2 Commissioner Bob Black said in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2019 5:52:36 PM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

Pierce County fire and rescue crews responded to two fires back-to-back early Friday morning. Around 5:30 a.m. Friday, West Pierce Fire and Rescue crews responded to an apartment fire in Lakewood. The fire tore through a 2-story apartment complex the Clover Creek Apartments on Addison Street. One person is in critical condition and is being transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2019 2:39:59 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A 5-year-old boy is credited with alerting his great-aunt and mother to a fire that destroyed their Wiley City home Wednesday morning. Diana Espinoza said she was in her home in the 10700 block of Rockstrom Road around 9:30 a.m. when she said she heard what sounded like tapping at her door. “As soon as I got up, the little boy said there is a fire,” Espinoza said.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2019 3:36:37 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site