Vancouver Fire Department crews responded to an apartment fire Thursday in which the occupant barricaded himself inside a room.
Firefighters were dispatched at 10:45 a.m. to 1615 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., the VA Portland Health Care System’s Vancouver Campus, for a report of a commercial structure fire.
They located the alarm panel for the apartment building and determined which room was under threat. Once at the room, they spotted smoke pouring from its closed door, Vancouver firefighter and spokesman Joe Hudson said.
The door had been barricaded from the inside, and firefighters had to break it open to gain access, Hudson said. There was a fire inside the apartment, which was quickly put out with a fire extinguisher, he said.
