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TWO-STORY TOLEDO HOME CATCHES FIRE

• Some 20 firefighters from four districts responded to a house fire yesterday northeast of Toledo. Nobody was injured but responders had a challenge with the steep roof where wood shake shingles were burning and sliding off, according to Lewis County Fire District 2 Chief Grant Wiltbank. A fortunate coincidence was District 2’s personnel happened to be gathered when the early afternoon call came, conducting their annual emergency vehicle driving class, Wiltbank said. “We were there in about five minutes, normally it would have been closer to eight or nine minutes,” Wiltbank said. “That would have given the fire a good head start.” The the two-story A-frame is on Spencer Road between Buckley Road and Schoolhouse Lane. The residents and some friends had actually begun moving furniture outside as crews arrived, according to the chief. The cause is under investigation, but it’s likely related to the wood stove pipe too close to some wood framing, he said. The blaze was contained to an approximately 20 foot by 20 foot section of the roof, he said. The interior sustained just very light smoke damage and soot on a white shag carpet, according to the chief.

MOBILE HOME FIRE NIPPED IN THE BUD NEAR TOLEDO

• A smoke alarm awakened four occupants of a mobile home on Grimes Road east of Toledo about 2:40 a.m. today. Responding firefighters found a trash can fire inside a bathroom which was extinguished by one of the residents, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Nobody was injured and the damage was limited to the one room, according to District 2 Chief Grant Wiltbank. It was likely caused by a discarded cigarette butt, he said. “Other than that, they were pretty fortunate because motor homes can go up pretty quickly,” Wiltbank said.

MOTORCYCLE WRECK INJURES ADNA RESIDENT

• A 20-year-old Adna man was injured when his motorcycle and a small SUV collided in Centralia yesterday afternoon. Aid was called just after 4:30 p.m. to  Harrison Avenue near Belmont Street, according to Riverside Fire Authority. “The motorcycle rider was pretty roughed up,” Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen said. Nobody else was hurt but the motorcyclist was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, Adolphsen said.

TOY GUN DRAWS POLICE OFFICERS

• A juvenile male was scolded by police after they responded to a gun brandishing incident about 1 p.m. on Friday in the area of the 200 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. Officers who located the vehicle and contacted its occupants discovered the weapon was a toy, according to the Centralia Police Department. The boy was admonished and released to his mother, according to police.

THEFT

• Police were called to the 500 block of Richmond Avenue in Centralia late Friday afternoon after someone broke into a garage. Inside, two vehicles were prowled and a JVC stereo was stolen as well as a GPS device, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN CAUGHT AFTER FLEEING POLICE

• A 44-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for eluding police after a shot vehicle pursuit late Friday night in the area of the 800 block of South Gold Street and the viaduct in Centralia. Richard D. Gardner was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. His case was also referred for a possible charge of possession of marijuana, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to two incidents of vehicles getting spray painted on Friday, one on the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard and the other at South Iron and Walnut streets.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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