Fire

Yakima, Washington (July 4, 2019) - A total of 15 fires  caused by fireworks were recorded by the Yakima Fire Department on the Fourth of July. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported in the incidents, the fire has been contained in many of the cases. The damage done by the fires has been limited...

Yakima, Washington (June 30, 2019) - A fire which destroyed a house on the 1600 block of South 15th Street displaced a family of five on Sunday night. Fortunately, the two people who were sleeping inside the house at the time of the fire were able to safely escape the fire. No injuries were reported...

Seattle, Washington (July 3-6, 2019) - Harborview Medical Center has reported 36 cases of people injured by fireworks between July 3-6 of last week. Furthermore, in twenty of these cases the victim required hospitalization for treatment. While the specifics of each case has not been provided, it was reported that in many of these cases...

Auburn, Washington (July 4, 2019) - Two fires which broke out at the Thomas Jefferson High School on July 1 and July 4 have been ruled as arson. As school is not in session and the fires occurred late at night, there were no injuries reported, but there was damage done to the lower auxiliary...

Tacoma, Washington (July 5, 2019) - A fire broke out in a commercial building on the 5400 block of 6th Avenue on Friday night. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the accident. There has been no word on how much damage was done to the building. The fire has been successfully extinguished. The time at...

Tacoma, Washington (July 7, 2019) -A fire broke out on a hillside after flames spread from a burning car on the northbound State Roue 7 ramp to northbound Interstate 5. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incident. Fire crews were able to knock down the fire,with firefighters monitoring hot spots afterwards. The cause of...

Vancouver, Washington (July 4, 2019) - A fireworks show on Thursday night had to be cut short as the fireworks caused a fire in a nearby field. The location that caught on fire was part of the planned fall-out zone for the display and the fire was quickly contained, but the show was not continued....