Multiple tenants impacted by last night’s apartment fire

No injuries were reported

Michele Anderson, Public Safety Communications Manager

Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 9:34 a.m.

Last night at approximately 6:15 p.m., the Spokane Fire Department responded to the 1200 block of W. 6th Ave. on a report of an apartment on fire.

Heavy fire was showing from a ground floor apartment unit when fire crews arrived. The fire was threatening the upper living spaces in the old South Hill home that had been converted into apartments.

Firefighters were able to immediately advance a hose line to the unit in order to control the rapidly spreading fire while other crews evacuated and searched the structure for trapped occupants. All occupants of the structure were able to safely evacuate and no injuries were reported.

Crews quickly controlled the fire containing it to the one apartment unit, the structure’s front exterior and the entry areas. The fire caused significant heat and smoke damage to one apartment unit and smoke damage throughout the rest of the building. Firefighters remained on scene working for several hours.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Spokane Fire Department's Special Investigation Unit.