Shop building reignites hours after fire department leaves. / Courtesy photo by Tayler Williams
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The shop building used by a rural Chehalis man who refurbishes and tunes pianos is a total loss after a noontime fire was extinguished and then reignited yesterday evening.
Lewis County Fire District 6 Chief Tim Kinder said it was about 6:45 p.m. when a neighbor called and reported the structure was fully involved in flames.
Firefighters from District 6 and three other departments had spent about an hour and a half earlier in the day putting out a fire in the same building at the 300 block of Logan Hill Road. That ended with main structure still intact, according to the fire district.
Kinder said they knocked the second fire down within about 15 minutes but stayed on scene until after 9 p.m. moving materials to make sure there were no hots spots remaining.
He said the building held pianos on one side and the actual shop on the other side. He estimated the loss of building and contents at about $30,000.
The second fire spread to the adjacent carport and threatened the house, he said. The cause is under investigation.
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