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The residents that live in Zintel Canyon are expressing concern over what or who keeps starting suspicious fires in the area.

Pasco police continue to investigate and are looking for help in identifying who set a fire near the Pasco Big Cross area near Road 36, not far from Meadow Beauty and homes. At 1:15am Tuesday morning, they got a call about a rapidly spreading fire at the location, which includes the much used H...

Given our tinder dry conditions, triple-digit temps and red-flag fire danger, it's likely the effects of drugs might have been the motivation for this suspect's behavior. Kennewick police say 27-year-old Jared Pruitt after he was found to have set fire to brush on railroad property along West Canal Drive in Kennewick Saturday afternoon...

Around midnight Wednesday into Thursday, Pasco fire units responded to the 1100 block of Park Street for a report of a car fire. When they arrived the entire front end of this Mustang was engulfed in flames. While the back of the car was relatively undamaged, the front and engine compartment were scorched and destroyed...

To summarize the previous post relating to the Fred Meyer Arsonist,35 year-old Daniel R. Wright was arrested for starting a fire inside the Fred Meyer in Richland and stealing several items on Friday. Meanwhile, police investigated for a man who appeared to be working with Wright...

Store officials say the workers followed safety and emergency procedures exactly as they're supposed to.

Richland Fred Meyer Closed Today Due To Fire!

The Eagle Creek Fire in Oregon was one of the biggest this fire season, and has consumed 48,000-plus acres since it was first discovered September 2nd. The fire in the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks is 50% contained, but not expected to grow, and suppression mop up efforts continue.

Shortly before 3am Friday, Kennewick police and fire units responded to an arson that could have been tragic.

A Salt Lake City man is in custody for not only being in possession of a stolen vehicle, but also accused of arson, for setting at a least four brush fires in Oregon. One of them grew into the well-known McKay Fire near LaPine. It torched nearly 1,300 acres.