Brush fire burns 15 acres between Hangman Creek and South Inland Empire

A brush fire burned about 15 acres Wednesday afternoon along Latah Creek.

Firefighters responded around 1 p.m. on city of Spokane land between South Inland Empire Way and the creek just south of Interstate 90 bridge over the creek.

Firefighters responded with a crew of 25 to 30 who stopped the fire at about 15 acres.

"Luckily, we had river and road on both sides," said Lee Venning, a fire investigator. "I'll tell you what if this had popped yesterday, it'd have jumped the road for sure."

By 2:30 p.m. firefighters were still on scene spraying hoses and containing areas with small minimal flames. No structures were burned.

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