Fire burns storage structure in Port Angeles; cause is under investigation

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, April 27, 2016

PORT ANGELES — City firefighters extinguished a blaze in a converted garage space early Tuesday before it spread to a nearby home, Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc said.

The fire at 515 W. Sixth St. was reported by several callers at about 12:59 a.m., Dubuc said.

Firefighters found flames in a 20-foot-by-40-foot section of a garage that had been converted into an apartment and storage shed.

The fire was confined to the storage area and resulted in an estimated $20,000 in damage, Dubuc said.

No one was home at the time of the fire.

Four firefighters from the Port Angeles Fire Department knocked down the blaze in about 17 ­minutes.

“They did a pretty impressive job with four people,” Dubuc said.

Three other firefighters arrived from their homes to provide backup.

Crews kept the fire from spreading to a house that was about 30 feet away from the garage, Dubuc said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56450, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.