In brief: Blaze damages teriyaki restaurant
A Wednesday morning fire extensively damaged a restaurant and caused minor damage to neighboring businesses.
The fire started at Kay’s Teriyaki Plus on the corner of Francis Avenue and Standard Street in northeast Spokane.
It was reported about 5:45 a.m. and was knocked down quickly by 30 Spokane firefighters.
“One of the problems with this kind of construction is that the fire travels fast horizontally,” Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said.
Curl Up & Dye salon and the Red Dragon restaurant had some smoke and water damage.
Firefighters saved several antique photos of Red Dragon co-owner Namva Chan’s ancestors.
Chan said that the two other Red Dragon locations are open and will deliver to customers who usually order from the Francis location. She hopes to have the Francis restaurant reopened in a day or two.
Officials are investigating what caused the fire, Schaeffer said.
Details sought on prowling suspect
Secret Witness is offering a reward for a man who allegedly took his toddler with him on car-prowling trips in the Spokane area.
According to police, Tyler Busby was caught in September, car-prowling with his 2-year-old son in the parking lots by the Costco and Home Depot stores on East Sprague Avenue.
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies found inside his car a debit card and women’s clothing that had been stolen from a Colville vehicle two days earlier.
Busby, 25, is also wanted on another theft charge related to stereo equipment stolen from a woman’s car.
He is described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 165 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address is 7425 E. Third Ave.
Anyone with information is asked to call Secret Witness at (509) 327-5111.
Spokane Valley
Police say teen drove into scooter
Four teenagers joy riding on an electric mobility scooter down a Spokane Valley road shortly before midnight Tuesday didn’t expect another teen in a car to crash into them.
A 16-year-old girl drove a car into the scooter, sending the teenagers flying, said spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. The girl drove away from the crash near North Vista Road but didn’t get far. A few blocks farther down East Nora Avenue, her car knocked over a power pole and crashed through a fence.
The 16-year-old, who was drunk, was not injured, Reagan said. The joy riders suffered cuts and scrapes.
Authorities arrested the girl near East Trent Avenue and North Ella Road just after midnight Wednesday for a hit-and-run and DUI. But if she had stopped after hitting the scooter, those teenagers probably would have been held responsible, Reagan said.
“It’s perfectly silly to be out in the road in the middle of the night without lights or reflectors,” he said.
Reagan added that the teenagers on the scooter could be held responsible “sometime down the line.”