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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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.
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