Unoccupied house burns in Port Angeles

Published 5:16 am Tuesday, September 2, 2008

PORT ANGELES — A house was severely damaged Monday in an early morning fire.

The house at 524 N. Jones St. has been empty for a few months, said Karen Scott, a longtime neighbor.

The call went into Port Angeles Fire Department at 2:20 a.m. on Monday.

Scott said by the time she had awakened, someone else had already called the Fire Department.

“I woke up and heard what sounded like an explosion,” she said. “When I came out it was all on fire.

“I’m just so glad that no one was inside.”

Scott said the house is owned by Betty Brown, who moved to a nursing home in Sequim.

“Her kids had just had an estate sale just a week ago, and I saw them moving the rest of the stuff out yesterday,” Scott said.