By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Expect to see a large column of smoke on Sunday coming from the hillside west of Interstate 5 at Chehalis.
As many as 50 firefighters from five area departments plan to take part in a practice burn as the Seventh Day Adventist School off the 2100 block of South Scheuber Road goes up in flames.
Lewis County Fire District 6 Chief Bud Goodwille, who arranged the training, called it a rare opportunity, to deal with an approximately 12,000 square-foot building.
“It’s a training opportunity we don’t get that often, a building that size,” Goodwillie said.
The school donated the building to Fire District 6, as it plans to build a new school on the site, according to Goodwillie.
Personnel have been practicing various techniques there for the past two weeks. They will continue training Sunday, with the first fire being set no later than 9:30 a.m. with the final blaze expected to begin no later than 1 p.m., Goodwillie said.
The chief said he expects some folks will want to come and watch, but warns that access up the long driveway to the school will be limited to fire department vehicles, and he doesn’t expect any parking will be allowed along Scheuber Road.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter