Making Sure You Don't Get A House Fire For Christmas: Fire Safety This...
What are the most common causes of house fires in Seattle and what can be done to avoid fire? Ross Reynolds sits down with Captain Shata Stephenson from the Seattle Fire Marshal’s office and talks...
View ArticleDon't Be Alarmed! Carbon Monoxide Detectors Required
A new state law will go into effect January 1st requiring households in Washington to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Who actually needs to buy one? If you need one, where can you get it?...
View ArticleTaylor Bridge Fire Likely Caused By DOT Contractors
A massive fire that burned 61 homes in Central Washington was likely caused by Department of Transportation contractors. That’s the upshot of a report issued Monday by Washington’s Department of...
View Article15-Year-Old Girl: My Candles Burned Down My Home
Lighting a few candles may not seem like a big deal. But for RadioActive youth producer Dulce Saucedo, lighting candles one night when she was 15 years old meant losing her family's home in Seattle's...
View ArticleState Commission Finds PSE At Fault For Gas Explosion
A state report has found Puget Sound Energy at fault for a gas explosion that injured two people in September 2011. The blast destroyed the North Seattle home of the Ingham family.
View ArticleBurn Ban Issued Across Washington State
The Department of Natural Resources issued an updated burn ban to include all lands protected by the DNR in Washington state. The ban will be in effect until September 30 and includes prescribed burns...
View ArticleBurn Ban Relaxed In Western Washington
A burn ban issued by the Department of Natural Resources in late July has been partially lifted in Western Washington. Recreational fires in approved fire pits on DNR protected lands — such as state,...
View ArticleMaking Sure You Don't Get A House Fire For Christmas: Fire Safety This...
What are the most common causes of house fires in Seattle and what can be done to avoid fire? Ross Reynolds sits down with Captain Shata Stephenson from the Seattle Fire Marshal’s office and talks...
View ArticleDon't Be Alarmed! Carbon Monoxide Detectors Required
A new state law will go into effect January 1st requiring households in Washington to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Who actually needs to buy one? If you need one, where can you get it?...
View ArticleTaylor Bridge Fire Likely Caused By DOT Contractors
A massive fire that burned 61 homes in Central Washington was likely caused by Department of Transportation contractors. That’s the upshot of a report issued Monday by Washington’s Department of...
View Article15-Year-Old Girl: My Candles Burned Down My Home
Lighting a few candles may not seem like a big deal. But for RadioActive youth producer Dulce Saucedo, lighting candles one night when she was 15 years old meant losing her family's home in Seattle's...
View ArticleState Commission Finds PSE At Fault For Gas Explosion
A state report has found Puget Sound Energy at fault for a gas explosion that injured two people in September 2011. The blast destroyed the North Seattle home of the Ingham family.
View ArticleBurn Ban Issued Across Washington State
The Department of Natural Resources issued an updated burn ban to include all lands protected by the DNR in Washington state. The ban will be in effect until September 30 and includes prescribed burns...
View ArticleBurn Ban Relaxed In Western Washington
A burn ban issued by the Department of Natural Resources in late July has been partially lifted in Western Washington. Recreational fires in approved fire pits on DNR protected lands — such as state,...
View ArticleSeeking Firefighters To Watch Over King County's 'Highway Of Death'
From the top of a mountain in far northeastern King County, the surrounding communities look tiny, just a couple hundred rooftops on a strip of flat land wedged between national forests. I’m up here...
View ArticleDebunking Three Myths Of Wildfire Safety
Editor’s note: Anna King’s reports from the 2015 wildfires in Washington state earned national recognition in breaking news and crisis journalism. We asked our Richland correspondent to reflect on...
View ArticleFire in Bothell’s historic downtown stirs up questions and anxiety
The employees of Bothell’s many small businesses watched the firefighting efforts Friday, while waiting for access to their buildings or for power to be turned back on. Marcelle Allen: “We’re on Main...
View ArticleBothell starts recovery after fire in historic building
The Bothell community is starting to recover after the destructive fire July 22. Bothell's Chamber of Commerce raised $57,000 at a block party fundraiser Thursday night. People filled charming Main...
View ArticleRecovery Efforts At Burned Oakland Warehouse Paused Over Fear Of Collapse
Firefighters have temporarily halted efforts to recover bodies from the site of a devastating fire in Oakland, Calif., citing concerns that part of the building might collapse. The "Ghost Ship" — a...
View ArticleSeattle artists to city: Work with us, don't shut down our spaces
After 36 people died in an Oakland, California warehouse fire in December, artists in Seattle want to prevent that kind of tragedy here. To do so, they are asking city officials for help.
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