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• 17th Avenue home badly damaged in fire

  April 2, 2012 in City on Page A6 A South Hill residence was significantly damaged by fire Sunday morning. Occupants of the home at 3111 E. 17th Ave. reported the fire at about 10:30 a.m. and evacuated before …

• Spokane Valley firefighters work overnight car, house blazes

  January 15, 2012 in City on Page B7 Spokane Valley firefighters had a busy Saturday morning. They first responded to a suspicious car fire at the Roost Apartments, 8910 E. Broadway Ave., which was reported at 3:41 a.m., …

• 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 …

• Rathdrum man loses home in fire

  December 15, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A Rathdrum man lost his home after it was engulfed in flames in a two-alarm fire Wednesday afternoon. The homeowner was transported to Kootenai Health with unknown injuries after the …

• Frigid air brings home fire risks

  December 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S6 With dipping temperatures come heating season, and with that comes residential fire season. According to the United States Fire Administration, cooking is the leading cause of winter residential building fires, …

• Neighbors rescue fire victims

  November 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Jeff Bickell won’t soon forget Sunday morning. That’s when he ran down his North Side street to see his neighbor leaning out of a second-story window, gasping for air, her … 4

• Disabled man uses Facebook to summon help during fire

    January 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 Smoke from a flaming toaster filled his living room quickly, but Robert “Bob” Chambers couldn’t call for help. Muscular dystrophy limits his movement, and the 51-year-old Spokane man’s phone was … 3

• Male fire victim identified

  December 24, 2010 in City on Page A9 Officials have identified the man who died in the downtown apartment fire where firefighters had to evacuate several residents Wednesday night. Louis J. Schopp, 59, died from smoke inhalation, according …

• Officials identify fourth fire victim this week

  December 23, 2010 Officials have identified the man who died at the downtown apartment fire where firefighters had to evacuate several residents Wednesday night. 4

• Body found after downtown apartment fire

  December 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 Cold, wet and hungry, Eileen Epps stood in the snow Wednesday night wondering where she would have dinner. She had planned on making a trip to the grocery store; instead … 5

• Fire crews discover body at apartment fire

  December 22, 2010 in News, City Spokane Fire Department personnel are on the scene of a multi-alarm fire at the Sherwood Apartments at 123 N. Bernard St. The building also houses the Suki Yaki Inn. 4

• One of three Spokane fire victims identified

  December 20, 2010 in City A cooking fire in a Spokane motor home led to the death of a 64-year-old man on Saturday night, Fire Chief Bobby Williams reported on Monday. 9

• House fires reported in Spokane

  August 9, 2010 in City A fire has been reported at a home on the west side of Spokane’s South Hill.

• No one injured in pair of house fires

  August 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane firefighters rescued a woman and her pet early Sunday from a fire that broke out at a home in Hillyard, and a fire later Sunday in the West Central … 1

• Arson fire burns pair of homes in Spokane

  April 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 Two house fires late Sunday were intentionally set, Spokane fire officials announced Monday.

• Crews battle fires in north Spokane County

  December 8, 2009 in City Firefighters from Spokane County Fire Protection District No. 4 have been battling flames and cold in a series of blazes across the northern portion of the county since Monday night.

• Man saves Spokane Valley family from house fire

  October 28, 2009 in City A man on his way to work this morning alerted a family to a house fire that could have killed them, according to the Spokane Valley Fire Department.

• Three killed in Grant County house fire

  August 13, 2009 in News An overnight house fire in Mattawa, Wash., has killed a woman and two children. The fire, which occurred late Wednesday in the 200 block of East Fourth Street, is being …

• Woman in house fire: ‘I was just burning’

  July 9, 2009 in City Four days after she was badly burned in a massive house fire, a Spokane woman is talking about her terrifying ordeal.

• House damaged, two pets die in fire

  April 29, 2009 in City on Page A9 A Spokane family was left homeless and the family’s pets dead Tuesday in a blaze that destroyed a northeast Spokane home. Spokane police officers were the first to arrive at … 1

• Pets retrieved from North Side house fire

  February 1, 2009 in City on Page B7 Spokane fire crews were expected to stay overnight at the scene of a house fire on West Jackson Avenue that started with a loud explosion about 5 p.m. on Saturday. …

• Homeowners awakened by fires outside homes

  January 31, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Two Spokane Valley couples were awakened this week by the sound of fires that destroyed or heavily damaged their homes. Both homes had working smoke detectors, but the fires started …

• S. Spokane County house catches fire twice

  January 8, 2009 in City on Page A6 A south Spokane County house caught fire twice in a 30-hour period. Firefighters were first called to the home at 4808 S. Dyer Road in southern Spokane County about 1:30 …

• Residents, pets safe after fire

  January 7, 2009 in City on Page A6 Firefighters rescued a dog and two cats from a fire at 5720 N. G St. in Spokane on Tuesday morning. The three people in the home were able to escape, …