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• One dead in Mead mobile home fire

  February 2, 2012 in City One woman died in a mobile home fire early this morning in Mead.

• Coeur d’Alene business set on fire, burglarized

  January 30, 2012 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene business was set on fire and burglarized sometime late Sunday or early Monday, a news release from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said.

• Newman Lake home a total loss after fire

  January 24, 2012 in News, Region NEWMAN LAKE, Wash.- An overnight fire ripped through a Newman Lake home at 12611 N. East Newman Lake Drive Tuesday morning. There were no injuries.

• Woman, daughter may have died in N. Idaho fire

  January 18, 2012 in Idaho Two bodies found in a home near Blanchard, Idaho, following a fire early this morning are believed to be those of the homeowner’s wife and her daughter. 1

• Spokane Valley business fire ruled accidental

  January 10, 2012 in News Fire investigators say a fire that caused more than $150,000 damage to a Broadway Avenue industrial business Monday night was accidental.

• Young girl burned in Spokane house fire

  January 1, 2012 in News, City A 3-year-old girl was burned in a fire at her northeast Spokane home this morning. The girl is being treated for “extensive” second- and third-degree burns, according to the Spokane …

• Despite fire, Santé rolls on

  December 21, 2011 in Food on Page C1 The crew at Santé Restaurant and Charcuterie is still turning out a limited menu despite a small fire that damaged much of the kitchen equipment. General manager Kate Hansen said …

• Pokey the tortoise, nearly a century old, survives garage fire

  December 14, 2011 in Nation/World The fire in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Livermore destroyed the garage, collapsing its roof and reducing large garbage bins to plastic pancakes. Combing through the wreckage, firefighters … 1

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  Industrial fire kept minor

  December 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Spokane Valley Fire Department crews responded to only a few minor fires in the two weeks ending Wednesday. Community members reported a couple of chimney fires, two car fires and …

• WSU student hospitalized after clothes catch fire

  November 2, 2011 in City, Idaho, Region A Washington State University student was being treated today at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after his clothes accidentally caught fire on Tuesday evening. 4

• Ferguson’s, The Milk Bottle see support pour in after fire

  October 27, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S13 When Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle and Ferguson’s Cafe were hit by a three-alarm fire Sept. 25, people from all over Spokane responded with compassion to the news that the two …

• Efforts to ID bones from N. Idaho fire continue

  October 13, 2011 in Idaho Investigators have determined that human bones found in the rubble of a burned building in North Idaho last February belonged to someone between the ages of 18 and 22, but …

• Victim in car fire was Rathdrum man, 26

  October 11, 2011 in News, City A man killed in a car fire last week in Post Falls has been identified as Justin W. Gardner, 26, of Rathdrum.

• Apartments fire displaces 18 on South Hill

  October 6, 2011 in City As many as 18 residents were burned out of their apartments this morning in a fire on Spokane’s lower South Hill. 5

• Juvenile detained for overnight arsons

  October 5, 2011 in News A juvenile faces arson and theft charges for allegedly setting fires in Spokane Valley and stealing a bicycle. 6

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  Many offices back in business after Valley Mission Professional Building fire, blast

  October 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Patient service representative Delores Meza was at work in the Providence Valley Family Physicians office at 7 a.m. on Sept. 19, when she heard something odd. There was a patient …

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  Severe damage makes cause of Garland fire hard to find

  October 1, 2011 in City on Page B6 The damage at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle on Garland Avenue was so severe that the cause of Sunday night’s fire may never be determined, Spokane fire officials said Friday. The …

• Locomotive fire leaves trail of smoke through Spokane

  September 26, 2011 in City A locomotive pulling freight cars through downtown Spokane caught fire this morning, shooting flames and leaving a thick trail of acrid smoke surrounding the viaduct. 1

• Two injured in natural gas explosion in Seattle

  September 26, 2011 in Region Homes across north Seattle were rattled by an explosion this morning that destroyed a house and sent two residents to a hospital. 2

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  42 firefighters battle blast, fire at medical building

  September 24, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V5 There was a dramatic increase in arson in the Spokane Valley area the week of Sept. 15-Wednesday and Spokane Valley firefighters also battled a large fire in a medical office …

• Blast closes medical building

  September 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 A fire and explosion at a Spokane Valley dental office Monday sent glass and debris flying across a parking lot and apparently dislodged a large chunk of concrete from one …

• Spokane Valley medical offices damaged by fire, explosion

  September 19, 2011 in City, Idaho Fire investigators this afternoon were poring through the rubble of a morning fire today in an oral surgery office on East Mission Avenue in Spokane Valley. The fire appeared to …

• Fire damages three buildings in Soap Lake

  September 15, 2011 in City, Idaho, Region Fire caused heavy damage to a small start-up church on Main Avenue in Soap Lake this morning with the flames and smoke spreading to an antique shop and tattoo parlor …

• Battery charger caused Five Mile fire

  September 12, 2011 in City A fire early this morning at a Five Mile-area home was caused by a vehicle battery charger in the garage, Spokane Fire Department investigators have determined. 2

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  Hangman Valley fire spares dozen homes

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 Crews from multiple agencies battled a brush fire that threatened several homes near the Hangman Valley Golf Course on Saturday afternoon. Twelve houses were threatened by the blaze, which officials … 1

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  Geiger Boulevard warehouse razed in fire

  September 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 Warehouse owner Bob Yeager watched firefighters Wednesday douse the smoldering rubble that once held nearly a lifetime of work. A 4 a.m. fire at 2006 S. Geiger Blvd. brought down … 1

• Crews pounce on latest wildfire; risk remains high

  August 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 Another fast-moving grass and brush fire in the Spokane area Tuesday underscored the reality of late August: Fire season is here. Firefighters from District 10 and adjoining fire agencies stopped …

• Victim in fatal fire identified as Spokane man, 45

  August 22, 2011 in City A man who died in a fire at a home west of downtown Spokane Sunday has been identified as Perry L. Herriman, 45. 2

• Silver Peak fire 90 percent contained

  August 18, 2011 in City, Idaho, Region Eighty firefighters continued a battle today against a wildfire south of Kellogg that authorities said is suspicious in origin.

• Crews gain upper hand on Kellogg fire

  August 17, 2011 in News The Kellogg Fire Department is responding to a fire in town that started about 2 p.m. today. 8

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