By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
It appears a burning cigarette near a wood porch ignited a fire last night that damaged a home northeast of Centralia.
Firefighters called about 8:10 p.m. to the 700 block of Big Hanaford Road found a resident has used a garden hose to mostly put it out, but flames had snuck up the side of the structure into its attic, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Crews had to rip off about one-third of the roof to fully extinguish it, Capt. Tim Adolphsen said.
Nobody was hurt, he said.
Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said a young girl and her cousin smelled smoke and alerted her father, who grabbed the hose.
“It appears the person there had discarded a cigarette in the leaves and pine needles by the deck,” McCarty said this morning.
Adolphsen called the damage to the rental home moderate, estimating perhaps $10,000 for repairs.
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