Staff report
An Olympia family?s home was destroyed by fire Monday morning, but the residents ? including a variety of pets ? were uninjured.
Olympia firefighters responded at 2:45 a.m. to 911 calls of a residential fire and small explosions coming from the garage of a house in the 3600 block of 25th Way Southeast, according to the Olympia Fire Department.
Two residents inside the house awoke to popping sounds, found their power out and saw an orange glow across the front of the house. They evacuated safely before firefighters arrived.
The first crews to arrive reported heavy fire spreading from the garage. Firefighters attacked the fire from inside the house but were unable to get to the hidden spaces above the garage where the majority of the fire was burning. Fire crews pulled out of the house around 3 a.m. when the fire fully engulfed the attic space.
?The fire was mainly in the attic, and it wasn?t until we put water on that the ceiling collapsed,? said Assistant Fire Chief Greg Wright.
The family dog escaped with the residents. A pet snake was found in its terrarium, and a tank of fish also survived the fire.
The pet enclosures had lids, Wright said, and the fire did not create intense heat.
The fire is believed to have started in the garage, but the cause is undetermined. The home and two cars were destroyed, and another vehicle was damaged. Estimated loss is more than $350,000.
No other homes were damaged, and the fire was put out by 4 a.m.
Source: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/07/26/1737777/people-pets-survive-early-morning.html
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