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Fire crews arrived to find a large vegetation fire and a shed on fire between two homes that was spreading to a house
Just after 4 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 6) the Vancouver Fire Department was dispatched to the 11000 block of 109th Street in Vancouver for reports of a row of arborvitae on fire separating two homes.
While firefighters were responding, a large plume of smoke could be seen from miles away and there were multiple 9-1-1 calls that the fire was spreading to the house. Fire crews arrived within six minutes and found a large vegetation fire and a shed on fire between two homes that was spreading to a house.
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A homeowner of an adjacent home had suffered burns to his extremities and was treated by Vancouver firefighters before being transferred to an AMR paramedic for non-emergent transport by an ambulance to a local area hospital.
Other crews extended hose lines to extinguish the fire, which had spread to the home’s attic. Ashes from the fire in the arborvitae had rained down on the neighborhood causing several small and manageable bark dust fires.
A total of about 23 firefighters operated on the fire scene which took approximately 20 minutes to get the bulk of the fire under control. Crews were on scene for over four hours as they tended to hot spots in the home’s attic.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office.
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Information provided by Vancouver Fire Department.
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