Updated at 6:29 p.m.
FIRE IN CENTRALIA’S INDUSTRIAL PARK
• Five engines and a ladder truck responded when a fire broke out at Sierra Pacific in Centralia this morning. The fire was in a building connected to the structure that holds the sawmill’s boiler, a ways away from where they do the milling, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The 9:23 a.m. alarm activation at the 3100 block of Kuper Road in the Port of Centralia’s industrial park off Harrison Avenue drew crews from Chehalis and Rochester as well, Capt. Terry Ternan said. “They opened up the wall, shut the power off and extinguished the fire,” Ternan said. There was a little bit of extension into the ceiling and firefighters were on the scene about two hours, he said. Ternan didn’t know the cause but described the damage to the smaller building as significant. “Not a lot of dollar loss, but a lot of cleanup,” he said. Employees on the scene got on the cleanup while firefighters were there, he said.
RANDLE RESIDENTIAL FIRE RULED ACCIDENTAL
• A fire investigator found wiring had shorted out in the back of an old stove, sparking a fire on the 100 block of Kiona Road in Randle yesterday morning. No one had been there for a few days, Fire Investigator Jay Birley said this morning. The fire damage to the double-wide mobile home was primarily contained to the kitchen, but left smoke damage throughout, according to Lewis County Fire District 14 Chief Jeff Jaques.
FUNNY MONEY
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to a store on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue that had taken in two fake $100 bills.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence; responses for hit and run, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
If I were a person trying to hide an intentional fire I would have to go with the shorting of electrical wires too. I just find it suspicious that a fire took place the same day a bank foreclosure auction was to take place . Just saying
I am just one of many people that are ‘aware’ that u were informed prior to your “fire investigation” that it was arson. Yet still, even with prior knowledge, your findings come back “accidental” ??!!!! Second fire…same address…pretty much the same situation z ( except the first fire was lit while two people were inside…one an eldery person) …same finding … “accidental”…!!! Where exactly r u training these people ! R u sure u don’t want to take another look at this fire, because …we are not going away !!!
If public officials were held accountable for using witnesses with no credibility, the entire Lewic County Justice System may have to replaced entirely.
Using informants that engage in criminal activity in order to make their cases has been a regular feature of the Lewis County Court System.
With it’s list of incompetant public defenders willing to look the other way, most defendants don’t realize what is happening until much further down the road.
The word of snitches, thieves, addicts, rapists, and liars is considered good testimony is many courts around the country. That is until it all comes to light.
Then, the cases fall apart and the criminals win appeals.
If the word of of a junkie thief liar is the only way to make a case, then perhaps we need better detectives.
Why arent our public officials held accountable for their actions when they look the other way when they know they are in the wrong this fire will get covered up just like the big bottom bust when the officer in charge allowed a person to become his creditable reliable informant
When he knew at the time that he was not creditable because he just returned from western state mental hospital yet he went ahead
knowing he was breaking the law used him anywa