Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Chris Way gives update on Wolf Lodge Inn fire

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Seem to call for a potential structure fire at the Wolf Lodge restaurant. Uh Here on Frontage Road, we're about eight or nine miles east of Quarter Lane. Uh right along I 90. Uh it was confirmed that uh we've got two reports, one of a chimney fire, one of an attic fire on our first arrival, first arriving unit which arrived within 10 minutes of the 1st 911 call. They reported heavy fire both in the attic and out of the rear of the structure. So we knew we had a working fire. We immediately called for a second alarm and also because this area has no hydrants. We called for extra water tenders. We were able to get in and do a little bit of offensive firefighting inside the structure and we were able to search the structure, but then very quickly the fire overtook the building. And so we had to pull everybody out and begin a defensive operation. Uh One of our big problems today has been water supply like I said, we did. Uh we just don't have a ton of water supply out here. No hydrants were filling from the lake which is about five miles away from here at one of the boat launches which has worked, but obviously we're shuttling water at this point. We have 11 fire departments helping us. We've called for 1/4 alarm now, just for manpower. We also have the Cooney County Sheriff's office and the Idaho State Police out here helping us. Uh This is obviously a very big incident for us. It's hot out today, so we're trying to rotate crews, we don't know anything about cause yet, we're obviously hours away from being able to begin the investigation. We got to cool all the hot spots. We're still focused on just getting water on the fire. Uh At one point we did because of the way the uh the fire was, you got to step over here a little bit, uh because of the fire. Um We did have as you can see what we have a wy area, a wildland urban interface with uh forested land right behind and to the north and to the east of the structure. And so we dealt with that as well. We had a wild land fire break out as a result of the embers from the building fire. Uh Idaho Department in the lands, we were able to get that pretty quickly and get it taken care of. So, um, other than that, we'll be on scene for a long time mopping up and happy to answer any questions. I mean, obviously you said that you don't know what caused it just yet. It was potentially a chimney fire, potentially an attic fire. Well, that's where we saw the fire at first. I mean, that's based on the 911 caller. So that will all take place as a result of the investigation. Nobody was hurt actually. Yes, we did, we did have one civilian hurt and transported by ambulance and we've had three firefighters who were injured, all minor injuries not transported by ambulance. And they had some, what I would describe as minor burns. They were on scene when the fire broke out. Uh So one person, three firefighters, but only one of those was transported and the one that was transported was a civilian, not a firefighter really. I uh and then, ok. And so as far as um the surrounding area and stuff like that, clearly, you're just gonna be monitoring the hotspots. Is there any add to your knowledge as of right now? Is there anything you just, you just? Oh, ok. Uh And then so as far as the, the hot spots and whatnot, um, do you expect them to kind of spread or anything like that? Is there? No, I think we've got good containment. We feel very confident in our containment at this point. And you said that there's no estimate time for this kind of thing. No, it's gonna be ours. We'll be out here for a long time. Is there anything else that you would like to add that. I didn't get a chance to ask you. I don't think so at this point. No. Yeah, we'll give some more informa the vista to left.

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