Spokane fire: 2 people suffer smoke inhalation

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters in Spokane responded late Monday night to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building.

KHQ-TV reports (https://is.gd/8iO334 ) that two people were taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.

Fire Chief Bobby Williams says the blaze started in a second-floor unit at the Center Court Apartments. Witnesses tell KHQ they heard a loud explosion shortly before the fire began. Williams was not immediately able to confirm that.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Information from: KHQ-TV, https://msnbc.msn.com/id/3082888/