WARMING PIPES BLAMED FOR MOSSYROCK FIRE
• A Mossyrock man trying to thaw water lines so he could feed his chickens, pigs and cows lost a metal outbuilding to fire this morning. Firefighters called just after 11 a.m. to the 500 block of Young Road found the shed fully involved in flames and at least one propane tank venting gas and adding to the fire, according to Lewis County Fire District 3. “It’s out, the building’s down to the ground,” Chief Doug Fosburg said. Fosburg said the man turned the propane heater on this morning to warm up pipes and it seemed to be the cause of the blaze. The approximately 20 foot by 20 foot structure stored livestock feed, he said. Nobody was injured and there were no casualties among the animals, according to Fosburg.
JOYRIDE ENDS BAD
• Firefighters were called about 4:30 a.m. today after a car traveling down an alley in a Centralia neighborhood somehow went out of control, sideswiped a parked vehicle, crashed into a tree and caught fire. The engine was fully involved in flames and the passenger compartment beginning to burn when responders arrived, but there was no driver immediately found, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It happened in between North Oak and Rock streets near Maple, Capt. Scott Snyder said. Crews quickly extinguished it, Snyder said. It had come to rest against a garage. Police report a 17-year-old who allegedly stole a relative’s car is in custody.
ASSAULT
• Centralia police responded about 9:15 a.m. yesterday to the 900 block of North Tower Avenue where they arrested a juvenile female for allegedly giving her mother a black eye. The girl, whose age was not readily available, was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for fourth-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called to the 900 block of South Schueber Road about 7:30 p.m. yesterday where they arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly spitting on medical staff. Ronald J. Gleason was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, stolen wallet, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, fraudulent use of ATM card, fraudulent spending of someone else’s checks, collision on city street, shoplift, shoplift, and shoplift … and more