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Quick-thinking resident helps limit damage in Sunnyside house fire

By Mark Bowder, Columbian Metro Editor
Published: July 14, 2018, 9:10am
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Fire damaged a house Saturday morning in the Sunnyside neighborhood.
Fire damaged a house Saturday morning in the Sunnyside neighborhood. (Vancouver Fire Department) Photo Gallery

A quick-thinking resident helped limit the damage from a bedroom fire at a home in the Sunnyside neighborhood Saturday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.

The fire was reported at 6 a.m. at 6003 N.E. 112th St., according to paramedic-firefighter Kevin Stromberg. He said crews arriving seven minutes later found smoke and fire coming out of an upstairs bedroom on the rear of the house and through an aggressive interior attack were able to contain the fire to that one bedroom.

The firefighters were assisted by the quick actions of a woman who lived in the house. Before she evacuated the house with two cats, she was able to close the door to the burning room.

Stromberg said her actions “drastically reduced the spread of the fire and the spread of the smoke.”

“It was very good thinking on her part,” he said.

No one was injured, and the woman declined assistance from the Red Cross.

Twenty firefighters from the Vancouver Fire Department, Clark County Fire District 6 and Clark County Fire & Rescue were on scene.

The fire is being investigated by the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office.

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