DUNGENESS — A woman and her pets evacuated a house safely before a fire thought to have been started by a dryer sent flames up to 10-feet high this 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 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 pets, he said. Loeb said he counted three dogs.
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.
Fire fighters used some 200 gallons of water to put it out.
They left an engine at the house to “make sure everything was under control,” Loeb said.
