Firefighters begin putting water on Schoonover Road home. / Courtesy photo by Taryn Houghtelling
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Mossyrock couple lost their home to fire yesterday, but nobody was hurt and all their pets turned up safe.
Lewis County Fire District 3 was called about 12:30 p.m. to the two-story home on the 200 block of Schoonover Road southeast of town.
The man and woman who live their were working in their shop and when they came outside they saw smoke, he said.
“I don’t know what caused it, it looks like it may have started in the utility room,” Chief Fosburg said.
The wood-frame house was fully involved in flames when the first engine arrived, Fosburg said. The upstairs collapsed onto the first floor, he said.
A dozen members of District 3 were joined by firefighters from neighboring Salkum and Morton.
“It was stubborn, it took us about 40 to 45 minutes to get it under control,” he said.
Fosburg described the house and its contents as a total loss.
Crews were on the scene until 6 p.m. putting out hot spots and doing cleanup, he said.
“They thought they might have lost a cat, but after we left, both cats and their dog were accounted,” he said.
A fire investigator is looking into the cause.
The couple has relatives they stayed with last night, according to the chief.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter