Kitchen fire in Hillyard apartment damages neighboring units

Spokane firefighters extinguished a fire on the second floor of a Hillyard residence Friday afternoon.

The fire appears to have started in the kitchen, said Ty Bruner, battalion chief of the Spokane Fire Department. He said he knew of no injuries.

The department responded to the Regal Arms Apartments in North Regal around 3:20 p.m.

Glass flew from the apartment’s windows and debris covered the outside stairs.

Bruner said smoke damaged the attic and the adjacent apartment. The two units below also had some water damage.

Heorhii Koruzhou, the resident of the adjacent apartment, was not at home at the time of the incident. He waited nervously outside as firefighters continued the cleanup late Friday afternoon.

Koruzhou, a Ukrainian citizen who has lived in Spokane for eight years, is concerned about the condition of his passport and other documents.