Firefighters were on the scene of a structure fire in Adna for for about five hours this morning. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 6
FIRE AND ICE IN ADNA
• Members of five fire departments responded early this morning to a fire in a large shop building in Adna. Lewis County Fire District 6 was dispatched about 5:20 a.m. to the 500 block of Twin Oaks Road when an off duty deputy passing by spotted it, according to Chief Tim Kinder. The owner was already up and when she let her dog back inside realized it was burning, he said. The building, formerly a barn with a loft but converted to a shop was fully involved flames when crews arrived, according to authorities. It wasn’t snowing at the time, but chained-up responding vehicles made their way on compact snow and ice and then through inches of snow up a long drive, Kinder said. The metal-sided and roofed building was described as a total loss. Fire investigator Ted McCarty said it appeared to have been used to repair cars and other vehicles. “There was a front-end loader inside that didn’t get touched,” Kinder said. Neither the house or another barn in the area were affected, he said. The cause remains under investigation.
FAIL
• Police were called about an attempted vehicle theft about 11:25 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of East Magnolia Street in Centralia. Someone had hot-wired a Honda Civic but it was abandoned only a short distance away, apparently unable to get very far in the snow, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FIRE GEAR STOLEN
• An officer took a report about 5:25 a.m. yesterday that someone stole a firefighter’s air tank while crews were extinguishing the fire at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A suspect has been identified and police are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.
FRAUD
• An officer took a report from the 600 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia on Friday that someone used the victim’s social security number to file a tax return.
SPECIAL (UN)DELIVERY
• An officer took a report on Friday from the 900 block of West Sixth Street in Centralia of mail getting stolen from a resident’s mailbox.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called on Friday to the 1100 block of West Walnut Street in Centralia regarding a vehicle prowl that occurred sometime after 4 a.m.
OBSTRUCTION
• A 64-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 6:30 a.m. yesterday after he reportedly drove around a closed-road barricade for fire at Harrison Avenue and East Bridge Street. Police say when Yvon H. Lamarche was contacted by an officer, he refused to identify himself or get out of his vehicle as requested. Lamarche was booked into the Lewis County Jail for obstructing a public servant, according to the Centralia Police Department.
PICKUP VERSUS BUILDING
• A 46-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight for driving under the influence after he lost control of his vehicle on the 500 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia and ran into the Weyerhaeuser building. Police responding about 1:10 a.m. say a passenger sustained a minor injury. Douglas C. Hoheisel was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE SLIDES INTO RIVER
• A motorist was rescued from the Newaukum River south of Chehalis last night after his vehicle left the roadway and came to rest about 30 feet away in the water. Firefighters called about 8 p.m. to the area off of state Route 508 roughly two miles east of Interstate 5 near Guerrier Road found the sport utility vehicle upright in the river in about four feet of water, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Spokesperson Lt. Laura Hanson reports he had been traveling westbound and hit a tree in the process. Crews, with help from firefighters in Onalaska, were on the scene almost an hour and were able to assist the man out of the SUV and up the bank of the river. His age and hometown were not readily available. Hanson said he was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for evaluation.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence; responses minor non-injury collisions on slick city streets, bank checks stolen and cashed … and more.
Firefighters bring a driver up the embankment along the Newaukum River. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 5
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter