State and local officials are working to close “gaps” in Washington’s arson law that punish es offenders the same even when their fires are drastically bigger or more destructive.
“As currently constituted, the crime victims are more of an afterthought, and not really first and foremost when thinking about arson,” Spokane County Prosecutor Preston McCollam said in an interview Monday.
The legislation is expected to be released in the coming months, before the 2027 session begins in January, and is in response to a devastating fire season that destroyed hundreds of Spokane homes and temporarily displaced 65,000 residents…