Airway Heights responds to nine fires July 4

The city of Airway Heights is coming off a somewhat rocky Fourth of July weekend.

During Monday’s City Council meeting, Fire Chief Mitch Metzger informed council and staff that the Fire Department responded to nine fires on July 4. Metzger said seven volunteers came in, off duty, to help with the fires, as well as respond to the emergency service calls that evening. Airway Heights received help from Spokane County fire districts 3 and 10 and the Fairchild Air Force Base Fire Department.

“Most of the fires started around 9 p.m. and subsided at about 11 p.m.,” Metzger said. “There was one fire a...