Battalion Chief Bill Dennstaedt with Spokane County Fire District 3 told KREM 2 crews on scene that a fire started at a shop near Geiger Heights on Wednesday night. Crews put out the fire quickly before it spread anywhere else.

According to Dennstaedt, the garage was fully engulfed when crews arrived, but a quick response from the team stopped the flames from spreading to nearby structures. No one was injured in the fire. The cause remains unknown.

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VIDEO: Fire crews and police responded to a residential fire in Pasco early Wednesday morning. The call came in around 4:53 a.m. for reports of a fire at a home at 25 West A Street.

Video from the scene shows flames coming from the top of the roof as emergency crews continued working at the scene. Police and fire crews remained at the home as of Wednesday morning. There was no immediate information available about possible injuries.

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A downtown Spokane recycling pickup became an emergency when a woman was dumped into a truck by mistake. The truck was on its route when the driver emptied a dumpster and heard the woman scream. First responders went to the 1200 block of West Sprague and used a fire truck ladder and a stretcher to get her out. The Spokane Police Department said she had minor injuries.

Crews took the woman to a local hospital for treatment. The Spokane Police Department says this is the third time this situation has happened to the same driver.

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Pueblo voters rejected a 0.25% sales tax increase that would have funded fire equipment and apparatus.

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Lawmakers are weighing FirstNet reauthorization, as a House bill would shift control of the program. Police groups oppose the change, and the program expires in February 2027.

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