PHOTO: A boom truck caught fire when its boom hit a powerline at a construction site on South Vancouver Street Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the construction site at Vancouver and 23rd Avenue just after 12:35 p.m. When they arrived, the truck was fully involved with flames, said Kennewick Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 4:47:14 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

In Medical Lake, if there was a fire, car crash, or any big emergency, one in four 911 calls, weren't being answered. "We've struggled to meet the rising call demands out here," former Fire Chief, Jason Mayfield, said. The Medical Lake Fire Department, until Wednesday, was made up completely of volunteers, something that Chief Mayfield says, has been hurting the community for years.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 2:40:35 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Reactions to the brand-spanking-new fire station in Bayview range from excitement to curiosity and even “Where did that big building come from?” But most South Whidbey residents know that the “overnight sensation” opening this weekend is actually the culmination of a carefully conceived and meticulously executed strategic plan spanning 12 years.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 1:43:04 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

VIDEO: A woman hit by an out-of-control dump truck remains hospitalized at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. Three men were also treated for injuries, but have since been discharged from Harborview. A dump truck lost control Monday morning and struck a pedestrian and several vehicles before crashing into a Subway restaurant around 9:40 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Clark County Fire & Rescue (CCFR) responded to a report of trees and brush on fire in the 2500 block of NE 179th Street at 1:33 p.m. today (Tue., Aug. 20). Initial arriving crews found a fire of approximately one acre in size burning in trees, brush and grass. No structures were threatened by this fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today