Updated at 10:33 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A young woman and her mother safely escaped their Centralia home this morning when fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom.
Firefighters called just after 6 a.m. to the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue found smoke coming from a window and took their hose upstairs.
It started where multiple devices including an air conditioner were plugged into power strips and extension cords, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
“The air conditioning unit was a 110 model, I’m gonna guess that overloaded the circuit,” Fire Capt. Greg Schwartz said.
The young woman awoke to the sound of popping and cracking; there were not smoke detectors in the house, he said. She was checked at the scene for possible smoke inhalation.
“Luckily, she was a light sleeper,” he said.
The fire was confined to items on the floor, the floor itself and the corner of a bed, Schwartz said.