The attached garage is consumed by flames, while the rest of the home is heavily damaged inside. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Firefighters called about a garage fire with an explosion in Grand Mound last night arrived to find a single-family home heavily involved in flames and a fallen power line arcing in the front yard.
“We just had to work around it, spraying water from a distance,” West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Chief Robert Scott said.
The one-story house is a total loss, Scott said.
Crews responding just after 9 p.m. to the scene at the 20900 block of Billie Mills Street Southwest, just east of Old 99, learned one male occupant with a burn injury had already gone or been taken to the hospital, according to Scott.
He was treated at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Scott said this morning, but no other details were yet available.
A total of 20 firefighters from five department battled the blaze defensively, according to Scott.
Numerous explosions from the garage area were found to be from propane tanks, cans of gasoline, large fireworks and small firearms, he said.
Nobody else was injured.
Scott said he wasn’t sure about how many people lived at the home, as he didn’t speak with them, an investigator did. The cause is not yet known, he said.
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