Fire Press Release

ISSUING OFFICER: Mike Inman, Battalion Chief
DATE OF INCIDENT: 3/2/2007
INCIDENT TYPE: Structure Fire
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 1730 W. 26th
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99204

NARRATIVE: At 11:48 pm on Wednesday March 1, 2007 the Spokane Fire Department was dispatched to a reported fire in a 26 foot Air Stream trailer at 1730 W. 26th. The owner states that the trailer blew up and the Fire Department found the trailer fully involved upon arrival. A Fire Investigator was called due to a suspicious fire across the street in a vacant mobile home the previous week. Currently the fire is under investigation. 23 Firefighters responded on 3 Engines, 2 Ladder trucks, 1 Rescue truck and 2 Battalion Chiefs which is a normal 1st alarm assignment for this area of Spokane. There were no injuries or deaths of Firefighters or civilians. If anyone has information regarding this fire please call the Spokane Fire Department and request Captain Smathers or Lieutenant Greg McLatchey
PROBABLE CAUSE: Under investigation
DAMAGE EXTENT: Total loss on the 26 foot Air Stream trailer. Minimal amount of burn damage to the house and the fence on either side of the trailer.
DOLLAR LOSS: 20,000
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 23
MUTUAL AID: None Given