By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A Cinebar family is displaced after a fire raced through a carport, a garage and into their home yesterday while they were away.
The first firefighter responding to the approximately 2:25 p.m. call to the 200 block of Calvin Road found the carport containing a camper trailer “pretty much fully involved” in flames, according to Lewis County Fire District 8. That firefighter lives just down the road, according to Chief Duran McDaniel.
McDaniel said by the time he arrived on the engine, the blaze had swept through a double garage and was beginning to burn the west wall of the modular home.
“We concentrated on saving the home,” he said. “I would say the house is a loss, we probably saved two-thirds of the contents.”
Nobody was hurt, he said.
A fire investigator and the sheriff’s office are looking into the cause.
Although the blaze was knocked down within about 15 minutes, a crew was on the scene until after 6 p.m. doing overhaul, McDaniel said.
“A big thanks to District 1 and District 3 for their backup,” he said. “It was a full central county response.”
McDaniel said he was grateful for a quick response from PUD as well. He needed the power shut off, but the meter bases were in the middle of the fire, he said.
McDaniel said the fire damage in the home was the worst in its laundry room and kitchen.
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