Multiple agencies responded early this morning to residential fire on Pendleton Street Southwest. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority
FIRE BREAKS OUT OVERNIGHT IN ROCHESTER
• Crews called about 2:35 a.m. today for a fire in a single-wide mobile home in Rochester were able to get there in four minutes and get the flames extinguished, but not before the fire caused extensive heat and smoke damage throughout, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The residents at the 18100 block of Pendleton Street Southwest had woken up to popping noises around their clothes dryer, discovered fire and got outside, Fire Chief Robert Scott said. Nobody was hurt and the Red Cross is assisting the couple, according to Scott. The chief said there was no working smoke alarm.
ASSAULT
• William F.H. Adams, 41, of Centralia, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a nurse when police were called about 1:40 a.m. today to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• Chehalis police called just after 2 a.m. today about a disturbance at the 400 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue ended up booking a man into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful imprisonment. Prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 154 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter