Fire investigators will be at the scene today of a fire that destroyed two floating homes along the Columbia River west of Vancouver. A third home was damaged.
The fire was at Kadow’s Caterpillar Island Marina off Lower River Road.
The two-alarm fire was reported at about 10:35 p.m. at the north side of the marina, 10612 N.W. Lower River Road. One 911 caller reported seeing 14-foot flames coming out of the floating home. All occupants reportedly were out of the home that initially caught fire, according to radio traffic.
Firefighters started attacking the fire from outside of the structures, focusing on preventing the blaze from spreading as they waited for water tanker trucks to arrive, according to radio traffic. Firefighters also had to stay away from power lines near the waterway until the power to those lines could be turned off.
Clark County Fire District 6, the Vancouver Fire Department and Portland firefighters responded, according to a Fire District 6 Facebook post.