As much as an acre of property off Ferrier Road is left charred. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 15.
CAUSE OF FIRE ON WINLOCK PROPERTY UNKNOWN
• Local firefighters spent approximately three hours extinguishing a brush fire that spread through tall grass on property at the 1700 block of Ferrier Road south of Winlock. Crews dispatched at 11:05 a.m. on Wednesday found homeowners using garden hoses and an area burning of roughly 200 feet by 200 feet, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Anderson said he didn’t know what ignited it, but noted that probably nine out of 10 such fires on this side of the mountains are caused by some kind of human activity. It was the fifth brush fire in District 15 in the past month, Anderson said. One unit stayed on the scene until about 4:30 p.m., he said.
SMOLDERING SMOKES DROP ONTO AWNING
• Firefighters called yesterday afternoon to a report of a fire atop the awning of a downtown Centralia business discovered a smoldering small pile of cigarettes from an ashtray that had fallen from the window of a second-story apartment earlier in the day. Crews responding about 3:20 p.m. to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue made sure it was extinguished, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The metal-covered awning was undamaged, according to Capt. Scott Weinert. RFA took the opportunity to remind smokers of some fire prevention tips, such as, put cigarettes out, all the way, in an ashtray or in a bucket with sand.
PLAYING WITH FIRE
• Chehalis police were called yesterday about kids allegedly starting fires the night before in the area of Northeast Adams Avenue. A warning was given, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
LOST AND FOUND
• A savings bond was turned over to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday, after it was dropped off at a local bank by someone who said it was found in their rental house. The name on the bond is James Waltz, and if anyone has any information on that person, they are asked to call the police department.
THEFT
• Centralia police this morning reported that an officer was called at 3:42 p.m. yesterday about cash stolen from a deposit bag associated with an address on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road.
• An individual called Chehalis police yesterday from the 300 block of Southwest Fifth Street about a vehicle prowl in which someone broke into a window sometime during the previous two weeks.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, disorderly person, suspicious person, possible theft of cell phones, dispute involving a pellet gun, complaint of dog pooping in someone else’s yard … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter