Posted: Mar 10, 2020
An apartment complex on Spokane's lower South Hill is left picking up the pieces after one of the tenants lit her apartment on fire and left with a suitcase. The damage she admits she intentionally caused spread to other units.
Natalia Hensz told KHQ she started the fire under a sink and watched as it grew.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 7:47:41 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Mar 10, 2020
It's business as usual for the Spokane Fire Department when it comes to responding to calls. But they do have a contingency plan in place if they were to come into contact with someone displaying COVID-19-like symptoms.
"We're extremely concerned about it. Primarily because it is a pandemic, it spreads so easily and can go through communities very quickly," Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 6:36:44 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Mar 10, 2020
A Spokane woman in jail for first-degree arson says she lit her own apartment on fire because she was mad at her neighbors.
Natalia Hensz, 23, told 4 News Now she doesn’t have any regrets, either.
The fire broke out March 6 around 10 a.m. at the Cedar Terrace Apartments at 1405 West 8th Avenue on Spokane’s lower south hill.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 2:57:14 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: Mar 10, 2020
A bill passed by the Washington State Legislature will make 911 dispatchers eligible for workers compensation benefits if they suffer from post-traumatic stress.
Under the state’s insurance laws, workers who suffer a disability or injury on the job are entitled to benefits, but rules exclude claims based on mental conditions.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Beaverton
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Posted: Mar 10, 2020
Bellevue firefighters are mourning the passing of the department's first and only Disaster Search Canine.
"Libby was a fixture around the department for many years as she participated in open houses, school presentations, CERT classes and structural collapse rescue drills," Bellevue firefighters wrote in tribute on their Facebook page.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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