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The meeting takes place in north Bellingham Wednesday near the city’s recent cleanup of its largest homeless encampment.
No one on board required medical attention.
Three other people were awoken by fire alarms and were able to escape.
The site will be logged in an effort to prevent people from returning.
The ban is for unincorporated Skagit County and mirrors what Whatcom County implemented last month.
The council has a chance to accept initial programming for the jail, including the building size and bed count.
The unit was shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other grant dollars going elsewhere in the state will be spent on technology upgrades, officer training, crime prevention programs and specialized equipment.
Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared late last month that August is Emergency Management Awareness Month in Washington state.
One of the fires has since been extinguished, while the other is burning on mountainous slope.
New ferries haven’t been added to Washington state’s fleet since 2018.