DUNGENESS — A woman and her pets evacuated a house safely before a fire thought to have been started by a clothes dryer sent flames up to 10 feet high Sunday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched at 9:33 a.m. to the 1,200-square-foot house at 133 Jamestown Road and had the fire under control by 10:12 a.m., said Peter Loeb, public information officer for Clallam County Fire District No. 3.
Carolyn Lundley, listed in county records as the owner of the wooden house, smelled smoke, turned off the power and phoned 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers, Loeb said.
She left the house safely with her dogs, he said. Loeb said he counted three dogs.
Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Lt. Kevin Van De Wege said two cats perished in the fire.
The fire was believed to have been started with an electrical short in the dryer, Loeb said.
The house, which was built in 1913, was left temporarily uninhabitable, largely because of smoke damage, he said.
Flames reached eight-to-10-feet high.
Firefighters used some 200 gallons of water to put it out.