South Hill apartment fire
Flames destroyed much of a 12-unit apartment complex in the 700 block of South Lincoln Street on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the building’s estimated 24 residents to evacuate. No injuries were reported in the 4 p.m. blaze, but firefighters struggled to get an upper hand as flames shot more than 25 feet above the roof.
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Facing a geyser of flames, a Spokane Fire Department firefighter heads to the roof of a apartment fire at 725 S. Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon.
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“I was like, ‘Oh no, that looks like our apartment,' ”
Andrea Glass
A resident watches fire engulf the top floor of her apartment at 725 S. Lincoln, Sept. 25, 2012 in Spokane, Wash.
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Facing a geyser of flames, a Spokane Fire Department firefighter heads to the roof of a apartment fire at 725 S. Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon.
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Brad Goth consoles his girlfriend, Samantha Dooley, as they watch her apartment building go up in flames.
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Weary Spokane firefighters leave the scene of an apartment fire as flames engulf the top floor at 725 S. Lincoln.
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“The biggest thing was the head start of the fire in the attic,”
Bobby Williams Spokane Fire Chief
The top floor of an apartment is engulfed in flames at 725 S. Lincoln, Sept. 25, 2012, in Spokane, Wash.
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Flames engulf the top floor of an apartment building at 725 S. Lincoln.
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Spokane firefighters enter an apartment engulfed in flames at 725 S. Lincoln.
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No injuries were reported in the 4 p.m. blaze, but firefighters struggled to get an upper hand as flames shot more than 25 feet above the roof. The building is located on a steep slope, which made firefighting more difficult.
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Across the street from a fully-involved apartment building fire, neighbors watch from a second floor window. The three-alarm blaze consumed the upper floors of a three-story apartment building at 725 S. Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon.
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Spectators watch as the upper floors of an apartment building burn at 725 S.Lincoln Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Jessica Rising, who lives one half block away, watched from her daughter’s 3rd floor bedroom the apartment fire at 725 S. Lincoln, Sept.25, 2012, in Spokane,Wash. Rising said she would open her house up to any of the fire victims.
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Spokane Fire Department firefighters fight a apartment building fire at 725 E. Lincoln Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Spokane Fire Department firefighters fight a apartment building fire at 725 E. Lincoln Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Weary Spokane firefighters rest near scene of an apartment fire as flames engulf the top floor at 725 S. Lincoln.
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