Dog’s attempt to snag food starts kitchen fire in Post Falls [Video]

POST FALLS, Idaho — Tuesday started out an ordinary day for Jessica Thomassen. She dropped off her 4-year-old son at her mother’s place.  

She and her dog, Harley, were home in her apartment for a couple of hours before she went to work at her business, Faded and Confused Barber Shop. 

She hadn’t been at work for very long, however, when she received a call from her neighbor that her smoke alarm was going off. 

“I left work to check and opened my door, and that’s when all the smoke came out,” Thomassen said. “When I opened the door, it was just a wall of smoke.”    

Harley ran out of the smoke-filled apartment, and Thomassen called 911 for help. 

Eventually, it was determined that the 12-year-old German-shepherd, heeler …