Lewis County Sirens.com

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The sheriff’s office is investigating an arson that destroyed a Boistfort-area home on Saturday night.

Firefighters from Lewis County Fire District 13 were called about 10 p.m. to a double-wide mobile home on the 500 block of Boistfort Road. The 46-year-old woman who lives there heard two loud bangs or booms and discovered flames on her front porch, according to authorities.

She woke up her companion and they tried using a garden hose on the flames which spread into the attic and collapsed about half the roof, fire investigator Jay Birley said.

A passerby called 911. Nobody was injured.

Birley said it’s possible what sounded like explosions were a light bulb and a plate glass window breaking.

There are no suspects at this time, but anyone with information is asked to call 911, Crime Stoppers or the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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