By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Fire crews called to the 200 block of West Oakview Avenue in Centralia earlier today to a report of smoke coming out of a house found smoldering clothing in a closet.
They suppressed the fire, and transported the woman who lives there to Providence Centralia Hospital with a minor burn, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Assistant Chief Mike Kytta said he wasn’t sure how she got hurt.
The gated community called Hunters Walk has about 100 modular homes, situated fairly close together.
Kytta said the fire damage was limited.
“It burned carpeting and some things on a shelf in the closet,” he said. “There was smoke damage throughout the house.”
Initially responders thought her adult son might be home, but he was not, according to Kytta.
Investigators will be “reconstructing” some things over the next day or two to attempt to find out the cause, he said.