07-19-2025 - Highway 507 fire - Yelm WA

Structure fire lasts for hours.

An aggressive house fire caused a multi-agency response in Yelm WA. Many local firefighters from surrounding areas initially had to take defensive positions. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was also called to the scene. Firefighters took turns addressing the ongoing blaze with some receiving medical treatment then returning to the fire. Lacey Incident Response showed with much needed supplies. Despite a heavy response the fire kept reigniting. We spoke with a family member who indicated the house was only around 12 years old and is now a total loss.

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07-19-2025 - Rainier WA - #RanierWA

Medivac from Rainier High School

Motorcyclist airlifted due to an accident on Johnson Cr Rd SE. Unknown injuries.

Poor cell phone coverage in the area may have caused person trying to report accident to leave the scene.

Initial difficulty locating rider.

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Airlifted #Sheriff released within hours after arriving at Harborview.

An unscathed yet allegedly previously unconscious Derek Sanders hit a trailer late yesterday afternoon 7 miles south of #Yelm, WA.

Speculative reports went from Derek heading to an Intensive Care Unit as "serious or critical", then upgraded to satisfactory, then released.

After hitting a trailer being pulled by a small truck, it seemed the whole town came out in a panic with tots and taters.

Last night Derek posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed where it appeared he wasn't attached to anything, and quite literally didn't appear to have a scratch on him.

Thurston County Sheriff's are diligently working to blame the victim's trailer for being impaired.

Meanwhile The Seattle Times is reporting the opposite of what happened: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/thurston-county-sheriff-hospitalized-after-crash-in-yelm.

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