Man escapes fire by jumping from second-floor apartment window
Coeur d’Alene fire personnel tend to a man who was injured Thursday when a fire broke out in an apartment in the 3000 block of Fruitland Lane. The man’s name was not released. His injuries were non-threatening and the fire was contained to his apartment. JIM MOWREADER/Press
COEUR d’ALENE — A man at a Coeur d’Alene apartment complex was injured Thursday when a fire broke out in his apartment.
The man, whose name was not released, escaped the fire by jumping out a second-floor window of the apartment building in the 3000 block of N. Fruitland Lane, according to Coeur d’Alene Fire Department officials.
His injuries were not life-threatening.
The fire was reported around 3 p.m.
“It was mostly contained to one room and its contents due to quick fire suppression efforts by our crews,” fire inspector/investigator and public information officer Craig Etherton told The Press.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
“CDA Fire reminds people to always know two ways out of every room in your home,” Etherton said. “Have an escape plan and practice that escape plan.”