Three people and a dog were displaced, and the American Red Cross was contacted for assistance
At 2:34 p.m. on Friday, the Vancouver Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a 10-foot section of arborvitae on fire between two homes near 10910 NE 70th Circle in Vancouver.
While responding, it was further reported by witnesses that flames were 30-feet high and explosions were occurring and a house and vehicle were also on fire. The fire department response was upgraded to a full structural response.
The first Vancouver Fire units arrived just five minutes after dispatch and found a large exterior vegetation fire, a one-story house on fire and the siding of a neighbor’s house melting on one entire wall.
Crews worked quickly to extinguish the house fire, search for victims, stop the exterior fire from spreading any further while cooling the neighbors house to the west and making sure the fire did not spread to that house.
Everyone was able to make it out of the house without injury. Three people and a dog were displaced, and the American Red Cross was contacted for assistance.
Northwest Natural Gas and Clark Public Utilities were requested to secure utilities and the Clark County Fire Marshal’s office was on scene to investigate.
Information provided by the Vancouver Fire Department.
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