Wreckage Of Missing Plane Found In Central Washington

"Ground searchers following the smell of fuel found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the rugged central Washington Cascades, but neither the pilot nor nine skydivers aboard appeared to have survived. Jim Hall, director of Yakima Valley Emergency Management, said all on...

Train Derailment In Yakima

" April 9, 2007 Washington - At 5:30pm on April 8, 2007the Yakima Fire Department responded to a train derailment that left four of the cars on its side with one hitting a fruit warehouse. Upon entering the area, the Yakim Fire Department Haz-Mat Team discovered that each car...

Fire Burns Up Apple Warehouse In Wapato

" February 15, 2007 Washington - Fire ripped through a large fruit cold storage building in Wapato on Wednesday morning, collapsing the roof and destroying many bins of apples. The fire began about 7 a.m. in the north corner of the attic and burned the roof off of Yakima...

Families demand changes for firefighters (AP)

" YAKIMA, Wash. - Karen FitzPatrick's favorite Bible verses still compete for space on her bedroom wall with inspirational quotations and photographs — posing with her prom date, goofy snapshots with family and friends. But a neatly folded flag and a firefighters' boots...