News brief: Three small residential fires doused yesterday afternoon

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A three-story apartment building in Centralia was evacuated after a cooking fire there late yesterday afternoon.

Riverside Fire Authority was called just before 5 p.m. to the building on the 500 block of North Iron Street.

“I think they were cooking french fries and got the oil extremely hot,” Firefighter-paramedic Jennifer Ternan said. “When they tossed the potatoes in, (the splatter) caught the cupboards and stove on fire.”

Nobody was injured, but the pair who live in the unit will have to stay somewhere else for a bit because of the smoke and water damage, Ternan said.

The Chehalis Fire Department was called less than two hours later to a kitchen fire on the 200 block of William Street.

Nobody was hurt there either, but the floor was scorched by a pan of burning grease, according to Capt. Ted McCarty.

And, a small electrical fire in a bathroom fan chased a little girl and her mother out of their home at Reese Lane west of Chehalis around 6:30 p.m.

Lewis County Fire Districts 6 and 5 were called to the duplex and extinguished that. Damage was minimal, District 6 Firefighter Mike Goodwillie said.

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