Fifth-wheel burns in Port Hadlock
Published 12:01 am Monday, December 10, 2012
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
PORT HADLOCK — A fifth wheel RV trailer caught fire and burned in the 600 block of Nesses Corner Road in Port Hadlock this afternoon. There were no injuries.
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue was paged to the fire at 12:17 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find the RV ablaze in the center of a field adjacent to Short’s Storage.
The fire was quickly quenched and crews began sifting through the remains of the structure within 20 minutes.
The owner of the RV, a Port Townsend resident, was not on scene, and law enforcement officials were attempting to make contact with him.
Passers-by said they saw flames coming from the rear of the RV and that no windows were broken. The door was closed.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
