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December 23, 2010
Officials identify fourth fire victim this week
Officials have identified the man who died at the downtown apartment fire where firefighters had to evacuate several residents Wednesday night.
Louis J. Schopp, 59, died from smoke inhalation, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s office. His is the fourth fire-related death in Spokane County in less than a week.
Crews are still investigating the cause of the fire, which started in Schopps’ third-floor unit, said Fire Chief Bobby Williams.
A crew of about 50 fire personnel responded to the blaze at 123 N. Bernard St. about 5 p.m. that night.
All residents living in the 33-unit Sherwood Apartments were temporarily displaced. As soon the second and fourth floors can be secured, residents of those floors can return home, Williams said.
Residents from the third floor were allowed to return to their apartments to collect necessities, but will not be allowed to move back in at this time due to extensive smoke and heat damage, he said. They will be able to stay at an American Red Cross shelter at North Central High School until other living arrangements can be made.
About an hour before the fire started, Schopp pushed his Medic-Alert button. Medics went to his home and determined he was okay when they left, Williams said.
Early Sunday, Jill D. Burdett, 56, and UnaBelle Turner, 91, died in a fire at Turner’s home on Upriver Lane. Major Allen, 64, died late Saturday after a fast-spreading cooking fire trapped him in his motor home at Monroe Street and West Gardner Avenue.
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west on December 23 at 7:12 p.m.
Fourth victim of fires in Spokane..wow..whats going on?
monkeyman on December 23 at 9:19 p.m.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_triangle
Educate yourself. This version of the article doesn’t say this but KHQ was reporting last night that the victim used oxygen, and was smoking at the time…
Mr_Bloggy on December 23 at 11:54 p.m.
Firemen make a zillion dollars a year, have sweet work schedules so they can work second jobs and pad their retirement even more … yet can’t save anyone? What exactly are we paying for? How about these studs busting in to some burning structures and saving some folks?
Bruce (aka thatoneguy) on December 24 at 12:38 a.m.
^ wow… what a hole