Ava Elmore, 6, reacts to the idea of her brother Max, 8, burying her in the sand at Jack Hyde Park in Tacoma. Their mother, Brenda Barnum, decided it was a good place to bring them to escape from the hot weather.

A fireman is framed by a wall of smoke while trying to put out the fire at a row of businesses on South Tacoma Way near 84th Street South in Lakewood on January 18, 2010. (Lui Kit Wong/Staff photographer)

Owner of the business Holly’s, Questan Saber faints after arriving with family members to the scene of the fire seeing Holly’s in flame. Manager of Holly’s, Victor Ali comforts his boss at the scene.      (Lui Kit Wong/Staff photographer-1/18/10)