By RYAN LANCASTER
Staff Reporter
Fire completely destroyed a two-story house in the Malloy Prairie area south of Medical Lake Monday afternoon before spreading into an adjacent field and threatening a nearby wooded area.
Deputy Fire Chief Bill Dennstaedt of Spokane County Fire District 3 said the blaze at 16102 S. Wood Road started around 3 p.m. and was caused when strong winds knocked a tree branch into a domestic power line, pulling the line and a service conduit from the house.
The renter of the home promptly noticed a fire in the wall and escaped unharmed along with two dogs.
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