North Battalion Business Fire
Incident #: 2012048928 Date of Incident: 11/10/2012 Issuing Officer: AC Schaeffer
Narrative:
On Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 11:24 PM, 7 Companies of Spokane Firefighters, 4 Engines, 2 Senior Ladders and 1 Heavy Rescue under the direction of Battalion Chiefs Donahoe and Moline responded to a building fire at 2829 North Market (Starlite Spa).
While responding, fire dispatch received multiple 911 calls from citizens reporting that heavy smoke and fire was coming from the front door of the building. The first company arrived within 5-minutes and found an intense fire inside the front of the concrete building. The building appeared abandoned and the doors and windows were boarded up and secured with iron bars. The incident was upgraded to a working fire which added an additional company to the scene. Ladder companies had to force entry into doors and windows on multiple sides of the fortified building which allowed engine companies access to the interior where they successfully located and extinguish the fire. Ladder crews additionally ventilated the roof and ceilings above the fire. Initial arriving engines and ladder companies also simultaneously performed a rapid, well-coordinated search of the premises for any victims and found nothing. The fire was deemed under control within 30-minutes. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters on this incident. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident.
Cause:
The cause of this fire is categorized as incendiary (human caused). The investigation remains open.
Damage:
The building has been secured by a board up company and monetary loss to the facility is still being estimated by the SIU.
# Firefighters Responding: 24
Dollar Loss: $ 20000
Other Agencies Responding:Spokane Police Department,
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