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Firefighting efforts Photo by Amber Brant, courtesy Kootenai Valley Record. Apartment Fire Photo by Amber Brant, courtesy Kootenai Valley Record. Kootenai Valley Record Fatal fire believed accidental by Kootenai Valley Record May 7, 2008 The fatal fire that destroyed two apartments over a laundromat next to Empire Foods early Friday is believed to have been accidental in nature and to have originated in the apartment of the deceased victim, according to Steve Lauer, assistant fire marshal with the Libby Volunteer Fire Department. Travis Anderson, 26, died in the fire. Two men and one woman in the second apartment were injured in the fire and were treated at St. John’s Lutheran Hospital, Lauer said. All three have been released from the hospital. Firefighters responded to the call around 2 a.m. and spent several hours at the scene. The specific cause of the fire remains under investigation, Lauer said. Photos by Amber Brant _________________________________________ Editor’s Note: See the May 5, 2008 edition of the Kootenai Valley Record for the printed version of this story. The Kootenai Valley Record publishes once a week, on Monday, in Libby, Montana. They are a locally owned community newspaper, located at 403 Mineral Avenue in Libby. For in-county and out-of-county subscription information, call 406-293-2424, or e-mail kvrecord@gmail.com.

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