Updated at 6:16 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Two men were injured in a fire early this morning east of Randle, one of them a 67-year-old who was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Firefighters were called around 4:30 a.m. to the 700 block of Carr Road by a neighbor, according to responders.
Lewis County Fire District 14 Firefighter Ron Blankenship said he and his wife – both advanced EMTs – arrived first and found the man and his 23-year-old grandson walking toward the road.
About 200 yards behind them, he could see what he understood was a trailer house fully involved in flames, he said.
The grandfather had burns on 20 percent of his body, on his arms, legs, chest and head, Blankenship said.
The younger man had minor burns on at least one hand and his front, he said. He was taken to Morton General Hospital, he said.
Firefighters were joined by members of Lewis County Fire District 10 in Packwood.
Fire Investigator Jay Birley said there was so little left, he couldn’t be certain what it was before it burned and doubted he would pinpoint a cause.
“It looked like he had a trailer, there was a metal frame on cinder blocks,” Birley said. “It looked like wood frame structures were added onto the sides.”
The resident had no electricity, and Birley learned from a deputy on the scene, the man had had issues with his wood stove door.