Frying donuts spark two alarm apartment fire in Pullman

A Washington State University student who was frying donuts in his apartment kitchen Tuesday night apparently sparked a two-alarm fire in Pullman.

By the time firefighters from Pullman and Whitman County arrived at the Cougar Crest Apartments at 2024 NE Terre View Drive at 7 p.m. the apartment was in flames.

The student said he fried some donuts, then went into the bathroom to take a shower. He said he thought he turned the stove off but the kitchen was on fire when he came out of the bathroom, according to a fire department news release. The resident unsuccessfully attempted to put it out with a fire extinguisher.

Firefighters were able to rescue two dogs and a cat from adjacent apartments. The apartment where the fire began was destroyed and one next to it was damaged, the department said. The resident received a cut on his hand when he broke the glass enclosing the fire extinguisher but was otherwise unhurt.

WSU found housing for the students displaced by the fire.