The Yakima Police and Fire departments are praising two vigilant young girls who spotted a duplex fire and alerted their parents Friday afternoon. The girls spotted smoke coming from a duplex in the 600 block of E. Race St at about 12:55 p.m. No one who lives at the duplex was home when the fire started, according to police and Yakima Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 5:10:42 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The Masonic Grand Lodge of Washington plans to lay the cornerstone for Lewis County Fire District 3’s new station on Mossyrock Road East. The event is coordinated by the Robert Morris Lodge in Silver Creek but will include participation from Freemasons all over the state. The public event is scheduled for 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 3:51:21 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Thursday afternoon, Chelan Fire District 1 held a special commissioners meeting to examine the construction bid offered and steps moving forward with the future Station 10 project. By the end of the meeting, the commissioners took Chief Brian Brett’s recommendation to accept the bid from the lowest bidder, T.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 10:39:01 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Three people, including two firefighters, were injured in a house fire in Shoreline Thursday night. Firefighters say witnesses reported explosions. Two firefighters were shocked trying to douse the flames. "They were both on a hose line and there were downed power lines and they actually had a shock," said Michelle Pidduck, with the Shoreline Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 2:03:57 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A smoke alarm alerted two residents in time to escape their burning home on Auburn’s West Hill Thursday afternoon. According to the Valley Regional Fire Authority and South King Fire and Rescue, the mid-afternoon fire heavily damaged the home at 321st and 58th and burned three cars. As of 4 p.m., two cats were reported missing.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 1:42:03 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter