Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire Thursday morning on Northwest Bernie Drive in Vancouver that left the home’s occupant with minor injuries.
Fire District 6 spokesman Dave Schmitke said the initial call for the fire came in at 9:37 a.m. at the 650o block of Northwest Bernie Drive. The agency responded with two engines, and Vancouver Fire Department deployed another to assist.
When responders arrived, smoke and flames were escaping from the front of the house, Schmitke said. The fire was contained within five minutes.
At least a dozen firefighters were working around the home about an hour later. A front window of the single-story house had been broken where, according to Schmitke, firefighters threw burning debris out onto the front lawn.