West Valley home destroyed in blaze
Firefighters work to extinguish a house fire on Stonecrest Drive in Kalispell on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flames engulf a house on Stonecrest Drive in Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flames engulf a house on Stonecrest Drive in Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews respond to a house fire west of Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Craig Christopherson/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews respond to a house fire west of Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Craig Christopherson/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews respond to a house fire west of Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Craig Christopherson/Daily Inter Lake)
Crews respond to a house fire west of Kalispell on Thursday afternoon. (Craig Christopherson/Daily Inter Lake)
A home west of Kalispell was destroyed in a fire Thursday afternoon.
The blaze on Stonecrest Drive was called in at about 3:30 p.m. The home was fully engulfed in flames by the time crews from West Valley and Smith Valley fire departments arrived on scene.
Initial reports indicate that everyone inside the home escaped safely.
A plume of black smoke could be seen from across town. Crews were still on the scene at 5 p.m.