Brush fire near South Hill Target

Fire crews are responding to a brush fire near the South Hill Target. The fire started near 4400 South Regal Street on Friday, July 31.

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Fri., July 31, 2020

Flames torch a tall pine as a wildfire near the South Hill Target gets into trees, Friday July 31, 2020. A new insurance program from Wildfire Defense Systems and State Farm will protect policy owners by allowing defensive teams into a fire area and defend against loss of property.

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Spokane Fire Department Aerial Truck 11 hits hot spots on a fire Friday near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street in Spokane.

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Spokane Fire Department Aerial Truck 11 hits hot spots on a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane.

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Spokane firefighters spray fire-retardant foam to douse hot spots near the former Shopko store on South Regal Street on Friday, July 31, 2020. The state Department of Ecology is seeking feedback on a plan to collect and incinerate stockpiles of a type of firefighting foam that contains toxic chemical compounds known as PFAS.

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Spokane Fire Department and DNR crew cut a containment line around a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane.

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Spokane Firefighter Jeff Harris was operating Station 11 aerial truck when the wind shifted on a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane. The flames came at him and the truck when a fire hose broke and sprayed water into the approaching blaze. The heat melted the siding on the Clare view North Senior Living units behind him.

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Spokane Fire Cpt. Jim Schaffer holds a hose that was damaged in a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane.

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Heat damaged the siding of a Clare View Senior Living unit, during a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane.

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Spokane Fire crews dig a containment line around a field blaze near the old Shopko store on South Regal, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane. An aerial truck sprays water in the background.

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Spokane Fire Department Station 15 brush truck crews hit hot spots on a fire near the old Shopko store on South Regal Street, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Spokane.

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