A building in Douglas County has heavy damage following a Thursday evening fire.
Orondo Fire Department Chief Jim Oatey says the blaze occurred along U.S. Highway 2 about a mile north of Turtle Rock Island.
Crews arrived on scene to discover a shop building fully engulfed in flames and two RVs in front of the structure that were being threatened by the flames...
A head-on collision Sunday morning resulted in two people being transported to Central Washington Hospital.
Orondo Fire says they responded around 7:00 a.m. to the incident on Highway 97 near Weimar Road where the two vehicles were heavily damaged
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A one vehicle rollover accident on State Route 97 north of Daroga State Park around 9:45 Wednesday morning closed the highway for just over two hours.
Douglas County Fire District 4 Information Officer Karen Sargeant said Orondo firefighter Scott Carter, who ended up being the Incident Commander, observed a 2000 Subaru Legacy driving northbound erratically and at a high rate of speed
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The Orondo Fire Department dedicated the new Carter–Swanson Live Instructional Fire Training Center Thursday.
Information Officer Karen Sargeant says it's the culmination of a two-year project.
"It simulates what happens as far as burning and fire and smoke and burn behavior, fire behavior in a structure fire. That
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A team of first responders helped rescue a man after his truck left the roadway Saturday afternoon one mile south of the Beebe Bridge on Highway 97, and was perched precariously over a steep ravine.
The Orondo Fire Department was among the 14 emergency service personnel that helped an unidentified man by securing a chain to the truck and then pulling it off the hill
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Santa is coming to town! He will be at the Orondo Fire Station for a Santa Open House this Saturday for photos and more importantly, to hear what kiddos want for Christmas. As for the adults, there will be an opportunity to get blood pressure and blood sugar checked out while attending...