An abandoned residence and an attached outbuilding in the 1200 block of Centralia Avenue were destroyed in a fire Wednesday evening.
The house was unoccupied at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported .
Crews with the Riverside Fire Authority, the Chehalis Fire Department, Lewis County Fire District 6 and the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority were dispatched to the blaze at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7.
Firefighters remained at the scene fighting the flames until 10:55 p.m. that evening.
A commercial building south of the burning residence sustained some minor heat damage, according to Riverside Assistant Chief Kevin Anderson, but “the fire was prevented from extending into that building,” he said.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation as of Thursday morning.
