The Spokane Valley Fire Department knocked down an apartment building fire in Liberty Lake overnight. Firefighters responded to the Big Trout Lodge on Country Vista Drive near Mission Avenue around 11 p.m. for a three-alarm fire.

SVFD says crews arrived to smoke and flames on the second and third floors of the complex. The fire was knocked down around 3 a.m. According to the Red Cross, 22 people across multiple units were displaced. The Red Cross is assisting those people withimmediate needs. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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A fire on a rooftop deck Thursday afternoon sent flames and heavy smoke into the air above a building on the Bowery, forcing restaurant workers to evacuate and causing damage to at least one business.

Citizen App video showed flames and thick smoke coming from the top of the building between Bleecker and East 2nd streets. Workers inside first-floor restaurants said they quickly evacuated after learning about the fire. One worker described the chaotic scene as firefighters arrived.

“It was crazy. I was not expecting that. When I got out, I saw all the firefighters come in here and everything happened so fast,” the worker said. The fire broke out on a deck on the roof around noon and took about an hour for crews to bring under control. Authorities said propane tanks were recovered from the scene.

Alejandro Arce, a restaurant worker, said he believed the fire may have started with a propane tank. “For what I know, everything started with a propane tank. And I don’t know how it spread, but there was a wooden deck on the rooftop, and that’s why we got a fire on our rooftop,” he said.

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VIDEO: Just a few hours before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off the regular season against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday, one firefighter received the surprise of his life.

Adam Greeno, a Missouri firefighter, said he loves how he gets to serve the community. “It’s not one set thing you’re doing every day,” Greeno said. “You never know what the next call is going to be. Just kind of keeps your adrenaline going and keeps the job interesting.”

Greeno works at Lee’s Summit Fire Station 3 in Missouri. He said the crew there is like a second family. “I really love the guys I work with,” Greeno said. “You know, it’s a brotherhood here.”

One day, Greeno was told the Kansas City Chiefs were coming by to congratulate him on winning firefighter of the year. The “congratulations” was also met with tickets to the Super Bowl.

“Bill Maas came, and he presented me with the two tickets,” Greeno said. “He surprised me with them and told me that I’d be throwing the first pass, which was more than I ever expected.”

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PHOTOS: A man was safely rescued after he climbed a radio tower where he began yelling and refused to come down for nearly two hours Wednesday afternoon in Wonder Lake, prompting a major fire department response.

The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District, Wonder Lake Police Department and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday to the area of South Drive and East Drive in Wonder Lake for a mental health call.

Sheriff’s deputies discovered a man climbing a radio tower adjacent to a building in the 7300 block of Hancock Drive. Deputies reported the man was refusing to come down and requested the fire department to assist. The tower appeared to be at least 60 feet tall.

Police shut down traffic on East Drive and also shut down Hancock Drive from Wonder Lake Road to Wonder Lake Drive and began working to negotiate with the subject. Bystanders reported the man was yelling, making threats and continued to refuse to come down.

Wonder Lake Fire Chief Matt Yegge said the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) was activated to the box alarm level for a high-angle technical rescue response. Fire departments from throughout Lake County and McHenry County responded to the scene, including well over a dozen highly trained rescue technicians, “due to the significant height of the structure and the complexity of the situation,” Yegge said.

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Three people were taken to the hospital in critical condition following a house fire in Port Orchard on Thursday afternoon. Around 2:17 p.m., South Kitsap Fire & Rescue crews were called to a home on Fairview Boulevard, near Burley Glenwood Elementary, for reports of “heavy fire conditions” inside the mobile home, with possible victims trapped inside.

One victim was removed from the home by a neighbor and two more people had to be rescued from the home by South Kitsap Fire & Rescue. One of the people removed from the home was airlifted to Haborview Medical Center and the other two were taken by ambulance to a trauma center in Tacoma. All three were in critical condition. The cause of the fire is unknown. The investigation is ongoing.

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