Fire

PORT ORCHARD, WA – A motorhome sparked a brush fire on State Route 16 near Tremont St on Monday afternoon, blocking traffic in the area. #KitsapCounty: Troopers are en route a fire along SR 16 near Tremont St, which was reportedly started by a motorhome. Please #StayAlert and #StaySafe as you travel through the...

KENT, WA – Kent firefighters used over 12,000 gallons of water to contain a fire that was burning a stack of 30-40 cars in a junkyard at the 26100 block of 78th Avenue South early Tuesday morning. Crews from Puget Sound Fire arrived at the scene around 4 a.m. to find the cars fully...

SELAH, WA – Firefighters are battling a 2,500-acre fire in Yakima County that spread overnight Monday and is now forcing some evacuations in the area. The Washington State Fire Marshall said the fire is currently threatening 125 structures, power lines, radio towers and crops, according to KOMO News. On Tuesday morning, Yakima Valley Emergency...

TACOMA, WA – Tacoma Fire fought a large fire at the 400 block of South 78th St that spread from a detached garage into a home on Saturday. South Sound News reported the fire via Facebook. Tacoma Fire arrived on the scene around 11 a.m. Saturday and reported that no one was injured. All...

EVERETT, WA – A house fire in the 900 block of Wetmore Avenue sent two people to Providence Regional Medical Center early Friday morning. According to My Everett News, firefighters responded to the house around 4:20 a.m. to find that the fire had already spread from the porch inside the house. The victims' conditions...

BENTON CITY, WA – The Benton County Coroner's Office identified the mother and three children who died in a fatal fire that burned through their mobile home early Thursday morning. According to KOMO News, the victims are Macaria Martinez-Garcia, 32; Luz Garcia-Martinez, 17; Luis Garcia-Martinez, 15; and Michelle Garcia-Martinez, 6. The family had only...

TIGER MOUNTAIN, WA – Thirty-foot flames shot out of a home near Tiger Mountain on Thursday, fully engulfing it before firefighters could curb the damage. According to KOMO News, the home is on the 25300 block of SE 135th Street near Issaquah-Hobart Road SE in a rural area. Eastside Fire and Rescue arrived at...