UPDATED: Closed Midland mill destroyed by fire, road closed until it can be...
Fire crews are battling a blaze at a large commercial structure fire just outside Tacoma. The fire is burning at a building at 97th Street East and Portland Avenue East. Crews were called at 9:35 a.m.,...
View ArticleUPDATED: Firefighters douse two small fires along Canyon Road
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue crews were investigating two small fires early today along Canyon Road East in unincorporated Pierce County. It was not immediately known what caused the fires, which...
View ArticleUPDATED: Fires at neighboring Spanaway stores believed to be arson
Investigators suspect fires set at two Spanaway stores Wednesday night were arson and now are looking at whether the same person started both. “We are going with that they are linked together and...
View ArticleUPDATED: Crews investigate cause of fire near Tacoma city limits
UPDATED at 2:02 p.m. Investigators are working to determine what sparked a fire this afternoon inside a detached outbuilding on property just outside the Tacoma city limits. They were also looking into...
View ArticleTwo cats killed in Spanaway mobile home fire
Two cats died when a double-wide mobile home caught fire in Spanaway this afternoon. Central Pierce fire received a call about the blaze at 12:24 p.m. and responded to the home in the 25500 block of...
View ArticlePuyallup man shot after spat in apartment parking lot
A 26-year-old Puyallup man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was shot in the abdomen during a dispute with another man in the parking lot of their apartment building...
View ArticleUPDATED: Bus hits pedestrian at Steele Street South and South 96th Street
UPDATE as of 10:23 p.m. The patient was hit by a Pierce Transit bus and was taken to a local hospital, according to Tacoma Fire. The extent of the pedestrian’s injuries was not immediately available,...
View ArticleSeattle to Sandy: Central Pierce collecting donations for superstorm victims
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is collecting donations at all 12 of its stations (Station 70 is not staffed) for the next two weeks to support victims of Superstorm Sandy. The project, called Seattle...
View ArticleUDPATED: Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash with car in Tacoma
UPDATE: The patient is a 46-year-old male, according to Tacoma police. He was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center and his injuries remained life-threatening Thursday night, spokesman Mark Fulghum said....
View Article2-house, 2-alarm fire under control in Parkland
Crews responded about 6:30 p.m. today to what became a two-alarm house fire in the 900 block of 112th Street South in Parkland. The fire appeared to spread to a nearby house, Central Pierce Fire &...
View ArticleCrews responding to house fire in Parkland
A fire that appears to have started in the attic of a Parkland home this afternoon is under control, and investigators are now working to determine what caused it. Crews were called about 4:25 p.m. to...
View ArticleCar reported into building near South Hill Mall
UPDATE as of 5:20 p.m. A 65-year-old woman was driving a car carrying an 8-month-old boy and a 61-year-old female passenger, when the vehicle accelerated from the drive-up teller tube machine into...
View ArticleCrews put out brush fire behind Mt. Tahoma High School
Firefighters just finished putting out a roughly 200-by-200 foot brush fire at South Tyler and South 74th streets by Mount Tahoma High School, Tacoma Fire Battalion Chief Jim Zuluaga said. Central...
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