Fire Incidents - 1/18/13

Time: 2:08 a.m.

Address: 3628 E. Portland Ave
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: None              
Narrative: Crews extinguished a dumpster fire.

Time: 5:12 a.m.
Address: 1202 N. Pearl Street
Response: Station 16
Damage Estimate: $100
Narrative: Crews extinguished a dumpster fire.

Time: 5:06 p.m.
Address: S. 38^th St/S. “L” Street
Response: Station 8
Damage Estimate: $4,000            
Narrative: Crews extinguished a fire that started in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).

Fire Incident Review 1/16/13

Time: 7:44 a.m.
Address: 3914 Center Street
Response: Station 2,7,8,9,15,16,17
Damage Estimate: $15,000
Narrative: Overloaded extension cord and electrical outlet sparked fire in boat motor repair business. See original post here.

Time: 7:58 a.m.
Address: 6021 S. Mason Ave
Response: Station 10
Damage Estimate: $300
Narrative:  Fire in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).

Time: 6:52 p.m.
Address: 5647 S. Alder Street
Response: Station 7
Damage Estimate: $1,000
Narrative:  Fire in the engine compartment of motor vehicle (car).  

Fire Incident Summary 1/16/13

Date: 1/15/13
Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 909 Earnest S. Brazill St.
Incident Type: House Fire

Narrative:  At 6:47 p.m. Tacoma Firefighters responded to a reported house fire.  The first arriving company found flames and smoke showing from the 1 story with a basement residence. Since initial reports were that one occupant was trapped in the building, the crew initiated "rescue mode" (searching the building before other units arrived). However, the search revealed no entrapment.

The cause of the fire is undetermined, resulting in an estimated $15,000 damage to the building and its contents.

 

Date: 1/16/13
Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 3914 Center Street
Incident Type: Fire in Commercial Occupancy

Narrative:  At 7:44 a.m. Tacoma Firefighters responded to report of smoke showing from a boat motor repair business.  

Crews forced entry into the building, and worked quickly to knock down a smoldering contents fire in the workshop area of the business.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

UPDATE: Investigators believe an overloaded extension cord sparked the fire that resulted in an estimated $15,000 damage to the building and its contents.

Fire Incidents: 1/14/13

Time: 1:56 a.m.

Address: 209 E. 64th Street
Response: Stations 8, 10, 11, 15, 2
Damage Estimate: $2,200
Narrative: Open flame heating device ignited combustibles.  Occupant threw flaming material outside, catching the soffit and wood above the window on fire in the process.

Time: 2:03 p.m.
Address: 7025 S. Pine Street
Response: Station 7
Damage Estimate: None
Narrative: Prohibited burn - firewood and trash. 

Fire Incident Summary

Date: 1/12/13
Time: 3:39 a.m.
Address: 2000 Eells St.
Damage Estimate: None
Narrative: Illegal burn of an old tire for warming at a homeless camp.   

Date: 1/13/13
Time:  2:42 a.m.
Address:  N.1st/Tacoma Ave N.
Damage Estimate:  $56,500
Narrative:  High speed fatality collision.  Single occupied vehicle crashed into two parked vehicles.  The impact resulted in a fire that damaged three vehicles, a power pole, a planter and bench.

Date: 1/13/13
Time: 3:06 a.m.
Address: 1947 S. Yakima
Damage Estimate: $120,000
Narrative: It is likely that a warming or cooking fire started by transients ignited the vacant and abandoned home.  No suspects.

Date: 1/13/13
Time: 12:41 p.m.
Address: 933 Market St.
Damage Estimate: None
Narrative: Improperly discarded cigarette ignited mulch in planter box.