Firefighters in Mossyrock put water on what's left of a mobile home that caught fire Sunday morning. Left to right: Quentin Rhodes, Shannon Simon and Marty Majors. / Photo by Shelly Rhodes
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Mossyrock-area man lost his home to a fire yesterday morning but luckily he had taken his little dog with him when he left to go get breakfast and buy cigarettes, according to responders.
Patrick Sipp returned to his residence on the 300 block of Birley Road to find firefighters extinguishing the blaze that destroyed his mobile home.
Lewis County Fire District 3 Chief Matt Hadaller said neighbors saw light smoke but thought someone was burning brush or something so it went on for as much as 20 minutes before the fire department got there. The home was fully involved in flames when Hadaller arrived after the approximately 9:40 a.m. call.
Almost 30 firefighters from Mossyrock, Morton and Salkum put the fire out and managed to save a garage housing a Harley Davidson, according to Hadaller.
The cause is being investigated but it doesn’t seem suspicious, fire investigator Adam Myer said this morning.
District 3 called upon the Red Cross to assist the resident. He had insurance, Hadaller said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter