The driver escaped before his car went up in smoke. / Courtesy image by Carl Weiks
DRIVER ESCAPES CAR FIRE
• A column of smoke rising from Interstate 5 north of Centralia yesterday was a burning passenger car. Firefighters called about 3:30 p.m. to the southbound shoulder near the Lewis-Thurston county line extinguished the fire, according to Riverside Fire Authority. “From what I understand, the operator was just driving along, noticed smoke coming from under the hood and pulled over,” Capt. Greg Schwartz said. The driver began to remove some of his belongings from the vehicle and had to be checked by medics, but was okay, Schwartz said. An electrical issue was suspected, the car was destroyed, he said.
BURGLARY
• Chehalis police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday about medication stolen from the 1100 block of Southeast Washington Avenue from an unlocked residence.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, shoplifting; responses for alarm, disputes, suspicious circumstances, runaway teen, series of loud booms, individual threatening suicide, child playing on phone and dialing 911, delusional neighbor without medicine, suspected theft of a can of “chew” that subsequently turned up, intoxicated guy pounding on the door of a residence with his pants around his ankles … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I am sorry. I know Chehalis is a small place but the days of unlocked residences are over people.
Must have been a Tesla.
“…suspected theft of a can of “chew” that subsequently turned up, intoxicated guy pounding on the door of a residence with his pants around his ankles…”
Just a couple of warmup acts for New Year’s Eve. Hope they’re not connected. The word picture alone is cringe-worthy.