Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 3725 East "F" Street
Incident Type: Residential Structure Fire
Narrative: At 8:02 a.m. eight companies of Tacoma Firefighters (4 engines, 1 ladder, 2 medic companies and command staff) responded to a reported residential structure fire.
Crews arrived to find moderate smoke showing from a second floor bedroom of the two story 3,256 square foot "Clean and Sober Living" house. A rapid interior attack extinguished a mattress fire, and primary search and rescue revealed that all of the occupants were alerted to the fire by the buildings smoke alarm system and escaped safely.
The cause of the fire was unattended cigarette and resulted in an estimated $11,000 damage to the building and its contents.
