VIDEO > KREM 2's Marissa Bagg reports

SPOKANE -- A man suffered burns to his arms, hands and face when a fire started inside the apartment he was working in this afternoon.

It happened at a second-story unit of an apartment complex at 7 South Pittsburg, near the intersection of Pittsburg and Sprague just after 3:30 this afternoon.

He was taken to Deaconess Hospital for treatment.

Two other people working in the apartment at the time escaped without injury.

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Firefighters on the scene of an apartment fire in East Spokane

Fire investigators believe the men were working with gasoline while re-finishing a floor when the fire started.

The extent of damage to the building is unknown.

The Red Cross is assiting one person dispalced by the fire.