Earlier this week, a man hid in a commercial freezer to avoid flames and police. “Every incident that we go to is an opportunity to learn something. We certainly learned a lot of things on that incident,” said City of Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer. At first, this was a swat standoff after a man barricaded himself in a downtown gas station.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 6:15:55 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

An alleged arsonist started a fire inside the bathroom of a popular Pullman nightclub, police said. No one was hurt during the fire at Stubblefields, which happened shortly before 1:00 a.m. Friday. A man reportedly walked into a bathroom and discovered paper towels in the trash can were on fire. He quickly extinguished the flames and told the bouncers.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 11:46:24 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The West Plains will soon have a host of new firefighters to serve on the area’s four fire departments, and for the first time, all are being trained together in one location. Firefighter recruits from Airway Heights, Cheney, Spokane County Fire District 10 are all learning the firefighting trade with recruits from Spokane County Fire District 3 at its training facility on Presley Drive in Cheney.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 2:51:31 AM - SOURCE: Cheney Free Press

PHOTOS: Flames engulfed and destroyed a SUV that was parked next to an apartment building in Olympia on Wednesday afternoon. The fire happened about 4:03 p.m. at 1225 Fern St. SW. The fire was so intense, it cracked some nearby apartment windows, but no apartments caught fire, fire officials said. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 1:42:25 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

VIDEO: Five Detroit firefighters were hurt after a house collapsed during a fire in southwest Detroit on Thursday afternoon. Investigators are now calling the fire suspicious and asking for witnesses to step forward. According to a spokesperson for the fire department received a call to the house around 1:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit