Two vehicles involved in fires in Spokane Valley
Two vehicles were set on fire in the Spokane Valley area on Saturday and investigators are looking for information on the crimes, which are not believed to be connected.
A pickup truck parked on the side of the road was set on fire around 6 a.m. in the 100 block of North Hutchinson Road. Just before 8 p.m. someone lit hay on the back of a flatbed semi on fire in the 900 block of North Howe Road.
“It was caught fairly quickly,” Spokane Valley Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Bill Clifford said of the hay fire. “There was no damage done to the trailer.”
Some of the hay and the tarps covering it did burn. Both fires are under investigation and anyone with information on the incidents is asked to call the department at (509) 928-1700.
Other calls from March 23 to April 5
March 23: A garage fire was reported at 13320 E. Mission Ave. The cause is under investigation.
March 26: Crews assisted Spokane County Fire District 8 with a reported brush fire in the 4200 block of South Sunderland Road. The fire was a DNR permitted burn.
March 27: An illegal bonfire was reported in the 6500 block of North Vincent Road. An electrical smell was reported in an apartment at 7613 E. Second Ave. An Xbox overheated and caused the smell.
March 28: Crews responded to help Spokane County Fire District 8 with an apartment balcony fire at 5808 S. Regal St.
March 29: Mako the arson dog assisted Spokane Fire with the investigation into three fires on the 300 block of East Fifth Avenue.
April 3: A residential natural gas line was ruptured in the 7300 block of East Fourth Avenue.
April 4: A possible explosive device was reported at Opportunity Elementary, 11700 E. 11th Ave. The Sheriff’s Office discovered a cup with a gas-soaked piece of foam and a sparkler inside, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Mark Gregory.
April 5: A small grass fire was reported near Pines Road and Mansfield Avenue at 11:43 a.m. The Sheriff’s Office reported finding an incomplete pipe bomb in a pile of trash at the Spokane Valley Transfer Station at 3941 N. Sullivan Road. It was unknown where it had come from or how long it was there, Gregory said.
By the numbers: Crews responded to 576 calls from March 23 to April 5, including 464 emergency medical services calls. Other responses included nine illegal yard waste fires, a vehicle fire, a small stove top fire, 38 car crashes and three children accidentally locked inside vehicles.