DATE OF INCIDENT: 1/15/2011
INCIDENT TYPE: Structure Fire
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 1703 E. 40th Avenue
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99223
NARRATIVE: At 2:23 A.M., Saturday, January 15th, the Spokane Fire Department was dispatched to a reported house on fire at 1703 E. 40th Avenue. Four engines, one senior ladder, one pumper-ladder, one heavy rescue, and two battalion chiefs responded to this fire. The first engine arrived on-scene within five minutes and reported a single family, wood-framed house with heavy smoke from the open front door. The lone occupant of the house met the crew in the front yard and reported there was no one else inside. The occupant, a forty-five year old male, suffered second and third degree burns to both hands and one arm. While crews advanced fire attack hoses into the house and conducted other critical fire suppression operations, Spokane Fire Department paramedics treated the victim for burns and minor smoke inhalation. He was transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. The victim's condition is not known at the time of this report. The fire was located in a rear bedroom and extinguished just as it began to flashover. Extensive overhaul operations kept crews on-scene for nearly three hours. There were no injuries to any of the responding firefighters. One cat died in the fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause of this fire is still under investigation by the Spokane Fire Department's Special Investigation Unit.
DAMAGE EXTENT: Damage to the house was confined to the bedroom and its contents, along with heavy smoke and heat damage throughout the remainder of the house.
DOLLAR LOSS: 10,000
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 25
MUTUAL AID: None Given
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