Halloween fire guts ML home
CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 3 months AGO
A home in the 1900 block of W. Peninsula Drive was engulfed in flames on Halloween by around 8 p.m., with units from the Moses Lake Fire Department and Grant County Fire District 5 responding and extinguishing the fire by 11 p.m.
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MOSES LAKE — A fire Monday night gutted a home on W. Peninsula Drive and posed risks to firefighters who responded, according to a city of Moses Lake press release.
Just before 8 p.m., fire crews responded to reports that a single-story home in the 1900 block of W. Peninsula Drive was on fire and that one resident was unaccounted for. Firefighters arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames, including through the roof, though all occupants were eventually accounted for, the press release said.
MLFD crews were supported by firefighters from Grant County Fire District 5, the statement said.
Firefighters were able to eventually extinguish the fire by 11 p.m., though a neighboring building was damaged as well, the MLFD press release said. In fighting the fire, however, MLFD crews encountered both heavy smoke and explosions from ammunition as it cooked off from the heat of the fire.
According to the MLFD statement, the city’s fire marshal is currently investigating the cause of the fire.
Charles H. Featherstone can be reached at cfeatherstone@columbiabasinherald.com.
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