VIDEO: A fire broke out in a Spokane Valley apartment building on Applewood Boulevard and Park Road on Monday morning, forcing residents to evacuate. According to firefighters, the fire initially began in the attic of one of the units. Crews were dispatched at around 5:45 a.m. and were able to prevent flames from spreading. All occupants inside all four apartment units had to evacuate. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is still being determined.

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A rural home in Yakima County is a total loss after it partially collapsed due to a fire on Sunday morning, Yakima County firefighters said. According to Yakima County Fire District 5, at about 7:52 a.m. on January 25, firefighters responded to a reported house fire on Fort Road southwest of Wapato. First responders arrived to find a single-story home with multiple additions on fire and about to collapse due to the damage. Firefighters said they evacuated the single resident of the home and assessed him for injuries, but he was unharmed.

YCFD5 said firefighters attempted to keep the fire contained, but it spread into the attic of the home and from there spread throughout the structure. As the home began to collapse, firefighters took a defensive formation to stop it from spreading further, and were only able to begin putting out the fire by about 8:23 a.m.

Firefighters said the home was declared a total loss, and the Red Cross is assisting the property owner. It is estimated the fire did about $100,000 worth of damage to the property. Firefighters said the home did not have working smoke detectors or a fire alarm system.

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Three dogs were rescued from an apartment fire in Bothell on Friday night, according to the fire department. Bothell Fire Department crews responded alongside the Shoreline Fire Department and Eastside Fire & Rescue to a third-floor apartment fire along NE 189th St. Bothell Fire reports that crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building, but the resident had extinguished any flames before crews arrived. Firefighters reportedly ventilated the smoke-filled unit and rescued the occupant’s three dogs. The fire was caused by food left on the stove, according to Bothell Fire, and no injuries were reported.

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The Spokane Valley Fire Department believes a late-night garage fire on Felts Road was sparked by an electrical issue. SREC 911 dispatchers took the call of a garage fire in the 600 block of N. Felts Road around 11 pm Thursday.

A crew of two ladder trucks, five engines, two Battalion Chiefs, a safety officer and an AMR ambulance arrived at the site within three minutes of the call, SVFD said. They found a “well-involved” fire in a detached garage with a chicken coop attached.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and stop the fire from spreading to nearby buildings within 33 minutes, according to an SVFD press release. No one was hurt, and the homeowner reported all their chickens made it out safely.

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A structure fire destroyed a home on Fort Road in Yakima on Sunday morning. Yakima County Fire District 5 responded to calls at around 8 a.m. regarding a potential structure fire at a single-story home at 9870 Fort Rd. Fire crews attempted to keep the fire isolated to the primary effected area, but the fire quickly spread to the attic area and other areas of the house.

Responders were able to escort the only person in the house to safety, with no injuries reported. The fire was extinguished within roughly 30 minutes of its reporting, but the home was declared a total loss with damages estimated at $100,000. Officials say the home did not have working smoke detectors or an alarm system.

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