Barn burns down in Coeur d’Alene
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 7 months AGO
A fire destroyed an empty barn Thursday morning. Photo by Jodi Frederick.
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | May 10, 2024 1:00 AM
COEUR d’ALENE — An empty barn burned down in Coeur d’Alene early Thursday morning.
Kootenai County Fire and Rescue responded around 4:30 a.m. to a barn fire on a residential property on Royal Anne Drive.
Flames had fully engulfed the structure by the time firefighters arrived. The barn was a “total loss,” Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Chris Way said. No one was injured.
Neighbor Jodi Frederick said the sound of the blaze woke her husband, who called 911. She said first responders arrived within minutes.
“It was a little scary,” she said. “The trees on our side of the field were not close to where the fire was, so we didn’t feel we were in danger, but (the fire) was quite big in our eyes.”
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