Large brush fire burns alongside I-5 in Fife
FIFE, WA – Tacoma firefighters battled a major brush fire that burned along Interstate 5 just north of 54th Avenue on Wednesday, according to a tweet from Tacoma Fire. Tacoma fire crews are arriving onscene of a large brush fire on Northbound I-5 north of 54th Ave exit in Fife. Please use caution and...
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East Pierce Firefighters respond to 1-degree apartment fire
MILTON, WA – East Pierce firefighters responded to a small fire in an apartment building in Milton Thursday morning and managed to keep it to one unit. #HappeningNow @EastPierceFire @IAFF3520 is operating a one alarm apartment fire at Milton Apartments. Quick response and coordinated fire attack kept the fire contained to one unit. pic.twitter.com/qT3sjtYVLH...
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Vehicle fire slows traffic on Interstate 5, blocks 2 lanes
SEATTLE, WA – A vehicle caught fire on Interstate 5 southbound on Thursday morning for an unknown reason, slowing traffic as it blocked the two right lanes of the interstate. Here is a visual for this vehicle fire on SB I-5 near Northgate. pic.twitter.com/R4BzcuFMlu — WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) August 13, 2020 The Washington State...
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Update: Drivers involved in Spanaway crash to be charged with Vehicular Homicide & Assault
SPANAWAY, WA – The two drivers who were racing Wednesday will be charged with vehicular homicide and assault after one of them crashed into a pickup truck, killing the driver. According to South Sound News, the two racing drivers were seriously injured in the crash as well and were taken to local trauma centers...
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1 suffered minor injury after truck-trailer collision
MASON COUNTY, WA – One person was injured Wednesday after a truck and a travel trailer collided on State Route 3, according to Trooper Chelsea Hodgson. #MasonCounty: #WSP troopers are at the scene of a minor injury collision involving a truck and travel trailer on SB SR 3 near Dawn Drive (MP 17). Tows...
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Troopers respond to two-car collision on State Route 16
TACOMA, WA – Washington State Troopers investigated a two-car collision on Thursday morning that happened on State Route 16 near the Purdue Scale. #KitsapCounty: #WSP troopers are investigating a two car collision on EB SR 16 near the Purdue Scale. The left lane is open to traffic at this time. Thank you for your...
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WSP investigating rollover crash in Spanaway that killed 1
SPANAWAY, WA – Washington State Patrol is investigating a rollover crash caused by two speeding vehicles that resulted in the death of one person Wednesday. According to KOMO News, two vehicles were racing northbound on 174th Street South around 1 p.m. Wednesday. One of these vehicles failed to stop at a stop sign and...
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