Fire Press Release

ISSUING OFFICER: BC Craig Cornelius
DATE OF INCIDENT: 2/1/2007
INCIDENT TYPE: Structure Fire
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 2515 S. Lacey Ct
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99201

NARRATIVE: 0n February 1, 2007; at 8:25 pm the Spokane Fire Department responded 7 fire apparatus and 23 firefighters to 2515 S Lacey Ct. The Fire Dispatch Center received a report of a kitchen grease fire in a single family home. Engine 14 arrived on the scene within 4 minutes of dispatch. Crews from Station 14 and Station 11 immediately attacked the fire with pre-connected hose lines. The fire was knocked down within 5 minutes. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters and the home owners were not displaced. The Fire Department kept 3 apparatus on the scene for close to an hour in order to make sure that the fire that had extended into the attic area was completely out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Kitchen grease fire.
DAMAGE EXTENT: Kitchen wall and attic area above stove.
DOLLAR LOSS: 15000
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 23
MUTUAL AID: None Given