Fire damages Sherman Avenue building
<p>Tired firefighters regroup after battling a blaze in a three-story building at the northwest corner of Sherman Avenue and Fourth Street in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>Firefighters work to contain smoke from a three-alarm fire in a three-story building at 325 Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Occupants were successfully evacuated from the building. The cause of the fire is under investigation.</p>
<p>A Coeur d'Alene firefighter raises windows to let smoke escape from a building which caught fire at 325 Sherman Avenue Wednesday night.</p>
The smell of smoke permeated downtown Coeur d’Alene Wednesday night after firefighters knocked down a blaze that damaged a three-story building on Sherman Avenue.
The three-alarm fire broke out around 7 on the second story of the structure at the corner of Fourth Street and Sherman. The Beacon Pub is on the first floor and the Pita Pit has offices in the building.
The adjacent Cellar CDA restaurant was evacuated, and witnesses reported the establishment was full of smoke.
Two blocks of Sherman Avenue were shut down as firefighters worked to extinguish the flames and investigate the cause of the fire.
No injuries were reported and the full extent of damage had not yet been determined Wednesday night.
The investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing.