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The state has declared a drought emergency because of the lack of snow in the mountains with snow pack currently at 63% of normal.

Do you have a fire escape plan in your home? Probably not right?

All fireworks are banned within city limits because of concerns about fire and safety.

The fire came close to a home and an RV, but firefighters were able to douse the flames before anything else burned.

Yakima firefighters were busy dousing flames of a house fire in Terrace Heights early Wednesday morning. The fire, in the 3500 block of Terrace Heights Drive was reported at about 5:30 a.m. When firefighters got on scene they found the home, fully engulfed in flames...

Many police officers and firefighters are wearing black bands over their badges today in memory of the 19 firefighters killed in Arizona on Sunday. West Valley Fire Chief Dave Leach says firefighters and police officers share a special bond...

Two men were able to get to shore after their boat capsized on the Yakima river Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called after someone spotted the mens' empty boat floating down the river near the Terrace Heights bridge. Authorities searched the river and surrounding areas and eventually found two young men who told them the boat overturned after hitting a log...

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...

Fire crews worked for hours to control a fire off  Highway 12 near 40 Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Yakima Battalion Chief, Mitch Cole said crews were actually fighting two separate fires. The second could have been a spot fire that spread from the original flames...