News brief: Suspicious fire starts inside Napavine residence

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Firefighters called about 10:10 a.m. today to a mobile home fire in Napavine extinguished it quickly but found signs it was intentionally set, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.

Fire Chief Eric Linn said nobody was home when crews arrived but heavy smoke was coming from all ends of the mobile home.

Firefighters put out flames in a couple of the bedrooms and subsequently found three separate areas inside where the fire started and a petroleum-type container, Linn said.

The family – with children – who live there are on their way to the residence now, Linn said.

The single-wide sits in a mobile home park on Forest Lane, off Forest-Napavine Road, according to Linn.

A fire investigator and sheriff’s detectives are examining the scene, he said.

Crews from Fire Districts in Winlock and rural Chehalis assisted, and they managed to save about 80 percent of the home, he said.

Linn said it appeared at least one pet perished, a hamster-type animal.

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