A woman and her dogs were rescued from an early morning house fire on March 14.
Battalion Chief Chris Turner with Clallam County Fire District 3 said firefighters responded at 7:19 a.m. to a structure fire on the 700 block of South Still Road in the City of Sequim.
A Sequim school bus driver spotted a large amount of smoke coming from a house, and called 9-1-1, Turner said.
Three fire stations responded within minutes to the scene, he said, and they initiated a coordinated attack on the fire.
As fire crews arrived, neighbors had safely remove three small dogs from a room attached to the double wide manufactured home, the fire district reports.
Firefighters discovered the property owner, a woman in her 50s, in the home’s crawl space, and helped her to safety outside, Turner said.
Paramedics transported her to Olympic Memorial Center in Port Angeles with non-life-threatening injuries and no visible burns, he said.
Turner said they conducted a quick, primary search of the property during the initial attack on the fire and once they had control of the scene, firefighters did a thorough secondary search and found the woman.
“It was unclear why and how she was located within the crawl space of a home that was at one point on fire,” he said.
The home had a hole burned through the floor in the living room (and) “although the flames did not spread, it produced a thick rancid petroleum-laden smoke that filled the space and permeated all of the furnishings,” Turner said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation as of Monday, the fire district reports.
Assistantce through the American Red Cross of South Puget Sound and Olympics was offered to the resident.
Along with CCFD3 staff, automatic aid from Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue from Port Angeles responded along with Olympic Ambulance.
Turner said they remind residents to ensure smoke alarms work in homes and to follow the phrase, “Hear the beep where you sleep.”
Photo courtesy Chris Turner for CCFD3
Neighbors and Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters helped rescue a woman and three dogs on March 14 from a house fire in the City of Sequim.
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