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ELECTRICAL ISSUE SUSPECT IN CENTRALIA FIRE

• A man, a woman and their three dogs escaped a fire last night in their home on the 300 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Firefighters called about 8 p.m. found flames breaking through the floor of the single-wide mobile home and put a stop to it fairly quickly, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Capt. Scott Snyder said the occupant saw smoke near a heat register and contacted the trailer park’s manager. The damage to the home is repairable, but Red Cross was contacted to help the couple with temporary accommodations, Snyder said. They suspect an electrical problem but the cause is under investigation, he said.

STOVETOP FIRE STOPPED WITH FLOUR

• Firefighters helped evacuate smoke from an apartment yesterday morning after cooking oil on a stove boiled over at the 1600 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. Firefighter Jesse Berry said the occupant did the right thing, putting flour on the flames instead of water.

PORK PILFERING

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon about the theft of a ham. The incident was captured on surveillance video at a grocery store on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to police. A department spokesperson said he didn’t have all the details of how someone managed to get out the door with a ham. “They probably hid it, cause you’d be noticed if you just carried out a ham,” Officer John Panco said. “But I don’t know how big the ham was. It could have been a little one you could just throw in your purse.”

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 6:10 p.m. yesterday after a basement door was discovered kicked in at the 1500 block of Crescent Avenue in Centralia.

• Someone removed the lug nuts from the wheel of a vehicle at the 300 block of South Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

• Centralia police responded yesterday morning to a slew of graffiti postings around town. Some of the spray painting was red, some was black and it was found on buildings, walls and a fence at the 300 block of South Tower Avenue, the 500 block of North Tower Avenue, the 1100 block of Johnson Road and the 700 block of North Washington Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• Firefighters responded late yesterday afternoon to a two vehicle collision at the northbound onramp to Interstate 5 in south Chehalis. The injuries to the occupants of a pickup truck and a car were minor, nobody went to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license, underage drinking; responses for a stolen purse, fender benders  … and more.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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