Two unrelated fires in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho falls Fire Department responded to a structure fire Thursday night a little after 5:00 p.m.

It was on the 200 block of Melbourne Dr. in Idaho falls.

When firefighters first arrived on scene they saw flames coming from the second story of a three-unit apartment complex.

They also noticed a power pole down behind the building.

Idaho Falls Power and Intermountain Gas were requested to temporarily shut off utilities in the area.

An adult female who was in the upstairs apartment was able to escape from the second story window and on to the roof.

She was eventually able to get down from the roof uninjured.

There were a total of five adults who lived in the apartment building, four of them were home at the time of the fire.

There were no injuries from the fire.

Damages are estimated at $600,000 for the structure which is now unlivable due to extensive fire, smoke and water damage.

Just as the Melbourne Drive fire was getting extinguished, there was a call from an individual who initially reported that a small outbuilding was on fire at the 600 block of N Lakewood Avenue.

The caller later said the fire was in a neighbor’s house.

It was reported that there were a couple of individuals attempting to put out the Lakewood Avenue fire with a hose.

At 6:19 p.m. the reporting party stated that the fire was completely out.

Firefighters continued to the home were they remained on scene to ensure that the flames were completely extinguished.

There were no injuries.

The estimated damages are unknown at this time.

The Idaho falls Fire Department says there is no evidence to believe that these two fires are related.

The causes are under investigation