[1]The county shop off U.S. Highway 12 near Kiona Creek smolders. / Courtesy photo by Bill Serrahn
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Firefighters from six agencies battled a blaze last night that swept through a Lewis County road department shop in Glenoma.
Nobody was injured but the building was destroyed, according to Lewis County Fire District 18 Chief Ed Lowe.
“It’s going to be a total loss,” Lowe said.
Lowe was at the scene this morning with fire investigators looking into the cause.
“Two here now and more coming,” he said.
Crews called around 6:15 p.m. to the structure off U.S. Highway near near Bowen Road were joined by firefighters from Mossyrock, Morton, Mineral and Packwood, Lowe said. They were out there until after midnight, he said.
He estimated the metal-sided shop was about 150 feet by 30 feet.
“They lost some of their trucks, equipment, snow plows and such,” he said.