Courtesy photo by Grays Harbor Fire District 1
Updated
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Firefighters from local districts as well as the state Department of Natural Resources responded to a wildfire near Oakville this afternoon.
DNR personnel were called to help about 1:30 p.m. to the Oak Meadow Fire, near South Bank Road where fire was smoldering and creeping in grass, brush and timber, according to DNR.
Local firefighters had been called less than 10 minutes earlier when a resident looked out her window and saw a small storage building on fire, according to Grays Harbor County Fire District 1.
Public Information Officer Shawn Burdett said three close-by homes were saved, nobody was injured and all the animals were safe, but the outbuilding was destroyed. A horse trailer and a second outbuilding were damaged, according to Burdett.
DNR’s dispatchers were notified just before 7:30 p.m. the approximately four-acre fire was fully contained and 60 percent “mopped up.” Activities at the scene were still ongoing.
Update: Burdett says the cause is undetermined.
Courtesy photo by Grays Harbor Fire District 1
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter