Structure Fire on Mt. Dallas Monday Night
Posted February 5, 2015 at 5:35 am by Tim Dustrude
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Sheila Harley of San Juan Fire Rescue shares this report of a fire Monday evening…
At 11:45 Monday night a structure fire was called in to 9-1-1 by the owners who live on Mt. Dallas. San Juan Fire Rescue personnel and engines were dispatched to the scene and arrived within 15 minutes finding smoke coming from an attached garage of a large residence.
The fire was extinguished within thirty minutes of it’s being reported. Firefighters spent the next hour assuring that there were no hidden “hot spots” extending into the wall or ceiling of the garage.
County code requires automatic fire sprinklers in larger structures. However, the National standard does not require them in garages. The fire was controlled by firefighters before it could grow to the point that a fire sprinkler would have been activated. Damage was limited to the interior of the garage and to a car parked near the point of origin.
The homeowners did a great job of limiting damage by dialing 9-1-1 promptly and by using their home fire extinguisher to slow down the progress of the fire.
San Juan Island fire and rescue sent three engines, two water tenders, a rescue squad, and several smaller vehicles. In all 18 firefighters responded to the scene.
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