By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Firefighters are on the scene of an overnight blaze that significantly damaged a house on the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia.
Crews called just after 3:15 a.m. found flames coming out the left and rear sides of the one story single family home and smoke rolling out from the attic space, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
A resident who said he was awakened by smoke detector escaped through a window, Fire Capt. Greg Schwartz said.
Not long after they arrived, one firefighter was struck by a patio roof at the back of the house fell down, Schwartz said.
“I think he was knocked to the ground, but not injured,” Schwartz said.
Riverside Fire Authority was joined by members of the Chehalis Fire Department as well as West Thurston Regional Fire Thurston Authority out of Rochester, he said.
They finished up by about 6:30 a.m. but are now looking for the cause of the fire, according to Schwartz.
Schwartz said the resident, an adult male, was treated by paramedics from AMR, so he didn’t have further information about his condition.