By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The massive highway-side flea market that Packwood becomes each Memorial Day weekend started off with a bang this morning, in a bad way.
A motorhome exploded right in the middle of the outdoor market, by the Shell gas station, according to Lewis County Fire District 10.
There were no serious injuries.
“There were actually four people in it, it was totaled,” Fire Chief Lonnie Goble said. “It blew the windows out, blew the door off. The people inside were very lucky.”
Firefighters responding about 7:30 a.m. found the ruined RV and four guys sitting off to the side, Goble said.
There were only a couple of minor burns, none had to go to the hospital, he said.
Goble said the four men are from Yakima, and they were in town as vendors, with their motorhome parked adjacent to their vendor site. He didn’t notice what they were selling, he said.
The chief said the men had been cooking breakfast when a heater leaking propane gas caused the blast. The RV didn’t catch fire, he said.
“They said it was very loud and knocked ’em all onto the floor, well, one onto the bed,” he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Sounds like another east end meth lab gone bad.