house fire

The Yakima Fire Department installs smoke alarms free of charge in homes of residents who can't physically or financially do so for themselves. Call the department for more information at 575-6060.

Firefighters say it's that time of year when they see a lot of fires caused by space heaters. They warn never to place curtains, bedding or clothes to close to the heater and they say many of the heaters have old cords that can cause a fire.

Yakima Fire Department officials say firefighters were called to the home at 4609 Hilltop Way at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday and when they arrived they found the two residents outside the home.

The body of 66-year-old retired Sgt. Mark Peck was found inside the living room of the home in the 1200 block of Pomona Road.

Fire units were called to the home at about 5:20 a.m. Sunday.

Seattle Seahawks' Frank Clark has confirmed his father and three other family members have died in a Cleveland house fire on Sunday.

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man has been charged for a marijuana operation that was found during a house fire that claimed his mother's life.
The Kitsap Sun reported Tuesday that 46-year-old Matthew Parham was charged with manufacture of marijuana...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters say a man is dead following a Saturday morning fire at a northwest Washington state home.
Officials tell KOMO-TV that firefighters responded at about 8:40 a.m. to the house fire in Port Townsend...

YAKIMA, Wash. – One person is dead and another is hospitalized this morning after a fire at a home off Birchfield Road this morning.
An investigation has begun, but most details remain scant this morning. The fire was reported at 5:54 a.m. at 1603 ...

SUDDEN VALLEY (AP) — Authorities in northwestern Washington state say a 58-year-old woman is dead following a house fire in Sudden Valley.
Authorities say an autopsy showed that Elizabeth Wilkenson suffocated in the fire on Saturday.
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo tells The Bellingham Herald that tw…