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Distress signals from Soap Lake

| June 28, 2013 6:00 AM

Things have gone from bad to worse with the Soap Lake Fire Department in less than a week. Fire Chief Dan Shields was fired for what he referred to as "personal reasons" during a Tuesday interview with the Columbia Basin Herald. Soap Lake Mayor Raymond Gravelle hasn't been available for comment on exactly why he fired Shields. The mayor has been away at a conference in the Tri Cities and is not taking media calls on his cellphone. And Shields won't say anything further because he was told by Gravelle not to talk.

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