{"id":7880,"date":"2011-08-10T03:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T10:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2011-08-10T14:19:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T21:19:01","slug":"news-brief-firefighters-called-to-repair-shop-in-grand-mound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7880","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters called to repair shop in Grand Mound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7885\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2011.0809.yarderfire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7885\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7885\" title=\"logging yarder fire\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2011.0809.yarderfire.jpg\" alt=\"2011.0809.yarderfire\" width=\"240\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2011.0809.yarderfire.jpg 240w, https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2011.0809.yarderfire-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters spray water and foam on a burning logging yarder. \/ Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>This news story was updated at 8:53 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Firefighters called about 11 o&#8217;clock last night found a large piece of logging equipment fully engulfed in flames next to a heavy equipment repair shop in Grand Mound.<\/p>\n<p>The cause is under investigation, according to Chief Robert Scott of West Thurston Regional Fire Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Scott said the logging yarder &#8211; which he estimated to be about 75 feet tall &#8211; and a large pool of hydraulic fluid beneath it, were burning at Modern Machinery on Ivan Street Southwest near Old Highway 99.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters also encountered flames on a large acetylene tank &#8211; used for welding &#8211; which they had to remove from the area, according to Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Crews using water and foam quickly extinguished the blaze and were able to prevent any damage to the building, according to Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen firefighters came from West Thurston, as well as Tenino, East Olympia and McLane-Black Lake, according to the chief.<\/p>\n<p>A worker there had been welding yesterday afternoon and they are looking into the possibility something smoldered and finally ignited, Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>The logging yarder &#8211; valued at $200,000 &#8211; sustained substantial damage, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This news story was updated at 8:53 a.m. By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter Firefighters called about 11 o&#8217;clock last night found a large piece of logging equipment fully engulfed in flames next to a heavy equipment repair shop in Grand Mound. The cause is under investigation, according to Chief Robert Scott [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs","tag-by-sharyn-l-decker","tag-news-reporter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7886,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}