Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Two injured in late night house fire on South Fawcett Ave

Incident Date: 1/1/13
Incident Location: 4514 South Fawcett Ave
Incident Type: Residential House Fire

Narrative: At 10:20 p.m. Tacoma Firefighters responded to a reported house fire with possible entrapment.

Crews arrived to find heavy flames and smoke showing from the front of the 1 ½ story 936 square foot single family residence. Crews attacked the fire with handlines, ventilated the roof and determined that all of the occupants had made it out of the building. Two occupants were transported to an area hospital for injuries suffered in the blaze.

The cause of the fire was undetermined and resulted in an estimated $65,000 dollars damage to the building and its content.