Incident Date: May 30, 2011
Issuing Officer: Jolene Davis
Incident Location: 911 S. Puget Sound Ave
Incident Type: Residential Structure Fire
Narrative: At 11:52 p.m., Tacoma firefighters responded to a reported residential house fire.
The first arriving engine company found smoke showing from the first floor of the one & one/half story 2,180 square foot house. Crews extinguished the fire with hand lines and primary search and rescue revealed two occupants were trapped inside the house. Both occupants were transported to local area hospitals.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
UPDATE: The fire is considered accidental, and it's cause was a portable heater igniting combustible materials - resulting in $35,000 dollars damage to the building and it's contents.
