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Page A-10 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, April 23, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
House, brush fire on SR106 draws large response
By Adam Rudnick
adam@masoncounty. com
VNo residents were injured last week in a
garage and house fire that spread across state
Route 106 and up a steep hillside, causing
about a five-hour road closure west of Belfair.
’IVvo firefighters sustained minor injuries, and
a resident helping crews was taken to the hos-
pital and subsequently released.
According to a social media post by North
Mason Regional Fire Authority, more than 30 V
emergency personnel responded about 4:15
April 15 to a garage fire in the 14700 block
of state Route 106, just west of Happy Hollow
Grocery Store.
The cause of the fire was still under inves-
tigation as of Tuesday. Beau- Bakken, chief of
North Mason Regional Fire Authority, said
the investigation will take some time due to
the size of the fire. v
“The investigation has yet to determine an
estimate on loss either,” Bakken wrote in an
email.
Bystanders and residents assisted and '
helped with traffic control as firefighters from»
Roundabout in progreSs
On Sunday, traffic flows through a partially constructed roundabout on
state Route 3 just north of downtown Belfair. Herald photo by Justin
Johnson
BELFAIR _
Mason County Fire Districts 3, 6, 11, Central
Mason Fire/EMS and Central Kitsap Fire and
Rescue extinguished the fire.
A woman providing assistance was trans-
ported to Mason General Hospital for compli- .
cations from smoke inhalation. The resident
inhaled smoke as she knocked on doors to
evacuate residents from the two homes that
were on fire, Bakken said.
Additional details about the firefighters
weren’t available.
The original house fire spread to a neigh-
boring house and caused “significant damage,”
according to the post. Another nearby home
experienced minimal damage. L
The fire jumped state Route 106 and caused
several brush fires on the opposite side of the
road. Those fires were fueled by 25-plus mph
winds from across Hood Canal, according to
North Mason Regional Fire Authority.
“The fire made its (way) 50 feet up into the
trees and into a steep and difficult to access
hillside,” Bakken wrote.
State Department of Natural Resource
crews worked through the night, using a wa-
ter-dropping helicopter to douse hot spots.
Crews fight a garage and house fire April 15 near state
Route 106 in Belfair. Photo courtesy of North Mason Regional
Fire Authority
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