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A Yakima home was destroyed Sunday in what investigators say was a suspicious fire. It happened around 1:00 p.m. on the 500 block of Erickson Lane. Officials say everyone was out of the house when they arrived and no one was hurt. They tell us smoke was coming out of nearly every window of the home...

A 55 year old Yakima man rescued from a mobile home fire Tuesday night remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Authorities say the man suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters were called to the fire in the 76 hundred block of Nob Hill Blvd...

Yakima firefighters rescued a 55 year old man from a mobile home fire in the 76 hundred block of Nob Hill Blvd. at about 9;30 last night. When firefighters arrived they were told there was a man in a bedroom. Firefighters had to use a chain saw to cut into a window to rescue the man...

79 year old Janice Smith lived at this mobile home along Meadowbrook Road with her daughter who tried to rescue her in a fire on Friday morning. Fire officials say she woke up in the early morning hours and found the house full of smoke...

A car caught fire Monday when a father and son started their car. Officials said they then knocked over a gas can which spread the fire. It happened on the  2200 block of Englewood Avenue around 1:15 Monday afternoon. Officials said the father was burned and taken to the hospital...

Yakima fire investigators have ruled Sunday's fire at Bernd Moving Systems undetermined at this time, according to Deputy Fire Marshal Brandon Dorenbush.  Dorenbush says they have finished with the on-scene investigation, and after sifting through the ashes, fire officials weren't able to pinpoint a cause...

An apartment fire on Friday displaced one family and forced the evacuation of about 20 people. The fire happened Friday afternoon on Folsom Avenue in Yakima.  Firefighters found the fire in an upstairs apartment in the attic. No injuries were reported...

Lots of smoke and flames were present in West Valley Saturday afternoon. A home was heavily damaged and a barn destroyed after a fire ripped through the Apple Blossom subdivision near south 64 and Occidental Avenue. Firefighters were alerted at about 2:30 p...

Fire investigators are searching for a cause to Sunday's fire at Bernd Moving Systems at North 18 Avenue and Jerome in Yakima.  The fire was first reported at about 9 Sunday morning and burned for several hours before firefighters had the 4 alarm blaze under control...

Residents of two homes in Totem Village at 48th and Ahtanum Road are without homes today after a fire engulfed the homes early Sunday morning. Everyone was able to escape unharmed, but the homes are a total loss. Firefighters say it may have started in a laundry room...