Kalispell hotel fire damage estimated at $4 million
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday evening, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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West Valley Fire & Rescue firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday evening, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Fire Department firefighters battle a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Fire Department firefighters battle a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Fire Department firefighters battle a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Fire Department firefighters battle a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A firefighter on an aerial ladder mans a hose as streams of water from other units attack a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Fire Department firefighter Ben Graham checks a hose during a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A three-story hotel on Kalispell’s west side suffered extensive damage in a structure fire Wednesday afternoon that drew one of the largest firefighter responses in the valley in more than a decade.
A plumber working at the Quality Inn on U.S. 2 West in Kalispell is suspected to have started the fire, Kalispell Fire Chief Dan Pearce said. The blaze started in the wall and quickly spread to the hotel’s attic.
Kalispell firefighters were dispatched at 12:46 p.m. and arrived on the scene to find smoke billowing from the roof. Hotel workers and police were able to evacuate all occupants without incident.
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