No injuries in Wheeler Road fire
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 10 months AGO
Multiple Moses Lake Fire Department vehicles responded to a fire at an industrial building Tuesday. Nobody was injured in the fire and a shelter-in-place order was issued only as a precaution.
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MOSES LAKE — No injuries were reported in a fire at an industrial facility on Wheeler Road in Moses Lake on Monday afternoon.
Heather Kok of the Moses Lake Fire Department said the fire was reported at 3:58 p.m. at the Two Rivers Terminal, 13583 Wheeler Road NE. As a precaution the Moses Lake Fire Department issued a shelter-in-place order for people living in the vicinity, she said.
The fire was extinguished by about 4:45 p.m.
“We had the entire crew on scene,” she said.
The response included 13 firefighters, three chief officers, a ladder truck, a structure engine and two medic units. The EMS units were there for extra manpower, she said.
The fire was caused by work going on in the building, she said.
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