Women's Rescue Mission Fire

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: November 27, 2023
CONTACT: Great Falls Fire Rescue 406-727-8070

GREAT FALLS FIRE RESCUE FIRE INFORMATION RELEASE

Great Falls, MT – This afternoon  at 3:24 pm, Great Falls Fire Rescue responded to a
working structure fire at the Women's Rescue Mission. Great Falls Fire Rescue crews
arrived at 3:27 pm to find the occupants having evacuated the building and light smoke
coming from the basement. The crew on Engine 1 entered the building and found a small
fire in a basement storage room. Engine 1 extinguished the fire at 3:32 pm.

The fire was found to have started in a unit called the Bug Zapper, which is used to sterilize
new occupant's clothes and belongings. The fire was contained to the storage room;
however, there is minor smoke damage in other rooms in the basement. The upstairs of the
building was not involved in the fire, and the Women's Rescue Mission's occupants can
return to this portion of the building.
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