By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Mossyrock firefighters were called last night to a structure fire just west of town, the third fire in the area in three weeks.
They found a large 1920s-era barn fully engulfed in flames, its roof already collapsed, Lewis County Fire District 3 Chief Doug Fosburg said. Investigators are looking into the cause, he said.
The department was toned out at 10:20 p.m. to the hayfield just south of the intersection at Mossyrock Road West and Aldrich Road, he said.
“We had two tenders from District 8 that supported us,” he said. “We were there until about 2:30 this morning.”
Nobody was injured. The metal-roofed barn contained old hay and various pieces of haying equipment. There also was an old John Deere combine inside, he said.
“The hay is still burning, we’re working on getting that out now,” Fosburg said just before noon.
The owner of the property lives elsewhere, he said.
The Department of Natural Resources responded today, because of two recent small fires that occurred in the tree-line on the north side of the property, he said.
It’s suspicious and the county fire investigator is in touch with the sheriff’s office, he said.