A person was found dead inside of a burned semi-truck in Everett Tuesday evening. Witnesses saw the truck on fire and called it in to police around 5 p.m. When Everett Police Department and Everett Fire Department arrived, the truck was fully engulfed in flames and the dead person inside the truck had not been found yet.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Fire officials suspect someone intentionally set fire to a pile of railroad ties Monday evening just north of downtown Wenatchee. Wenatchee firefighters responded to the fire about 6:40 p.m. after several people reported seeing the flames. The fire was near the Riverside Playhouse in the 200 block of North Wenatchee Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NCW Life

A family of five was displaced after a house fire Monday night northeast of La Center. Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue responded at 8:09 p.m. to reports of a structure fire at 5605 N.E. 384th St. Retired Vancouver Fire Department Battalion Chief Frank Mazna called 911 to report a house across the field was engulfed in flames, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

After a Monroe County fire station burned down a little over a year ago, a donation from Oglethorpe Power Company is providing a fresh start, 13wmaz.com reported.

Last year, a fire truck caught fire inside Monroe County’s Fire Station 10 on Evans Road, leading to a total loss of the building, the report said.

On Monday, county commissioners, State Rep. Dale Washburn, and others came together to put the shovel in the new site off Rumble Road to make it official. Fire Chief Matt Jackson says most of the department’s calls are on the interstate, the report said. The prime location helps to better serve the county and its surrounding areas, according to the report.

The fire station is estimated to be completed sometime in 2023.

Anderson County Commissioners recently approved the purchase of a swiftwater boat and the formation of a county Swiftwater Rescue Team, PalestineHerald.com reported.

During Monday’s Commissioners Court meeting, a Slocum Volunteer Fire Department official reported that swiftwater rescues had become more prevalent in the community and were one of the more dangerous types of rescues emergency crew personnel participated in, the report said.

The fire official explained the difference between jon boats and swiftwater rescue boats and the need for the specialty boat, noting that jon boats easily take on water and swiftwater rescue boats were made to not capsize, according to the report.

It was established that the swiftwater boat would belong to the county and be available to any county volunteer fire department that needed use of it, as long as they were trained in swiftwater rescues and the use of the boat, the report said.