AGNEW – Clallam 3 firefighters battled a blaze Thursday afternoon and were able to confine it to two outbuildings and keep it from spreading to the house.
The initial call, which came in just before 4:00pm, was from a person unfamiliar with the area and gave them multiple incorrect locations, saying there was a brush fire in Carlsborg. 911 Dispatchers were able to get information from additional callers and update crew that the fire actually involved a vehicle, a structure and a field fire on Percival Road in Agnew.
Arriving units found a fully involved shop with lean-to, and the fire spreading to a garage. A news release says, by that time they got there they considered the shop a total loss and focused on preventing the garage from developing into a big enough fire to threaten the house.
They also had a fire in the field to deal with, but that was made easier by the fact that it had just been mowed.
The fire was controlled in under 2 hours and the last unit cleared at 10:30pm.
We’re told the owners were out of town, but a house sitter was home at the time. The fire has been ruled an accident.
The shop and its contents are a total loss including multiple vehicles and pieces of equipment, and the garage sustained fire damage to one side.
The Clallam 3 fire crew was assisted by Fire District 2 and Port Angeles Fire Department.
(Photo by Jay Cline)