Area firefighters nip local fires in bud, urge area citizens to be extremely careful

Volunteer firefighters in Grand Coulee responded quickly to local fires recently, stopping them before they could grow in size and do major damage.

Firefighters responded to a fire right in Hometown Pizza's backyard on July 26, the second fire that week following a July 23 smoldering fire in a pile of manure.

The Hometown Pizza fire was responded to by 14 firefighters, five fire engines, two law e...