FRANCISCO GARCIA, foreground, and a Mid Columbia Fire and Rescue firefighter battle a brush fire above Fourth and Federal Streets downtown The Dalles, which broke out Friday afternoon.
FRANCISCO GARCIA, foreground, and a Mid Columbia Fire and Rescue firefighter battle a brush fire above Fourth and Federal Streets downtown The Dalles, which broke out Friday afternoon.
A house fire in The Dalles Friday morning was soon followed by a brush fire in the afternoon.
Bryan Hanson got home just in time Friday morning or else the fire that did most of its damage in the laundry room could have been much worse.
After running errands downtown, Hanson said he heard the smoke alarm before he even pulled into his house on 2110 East 14th Street in The Dalles.
Hanson entered the home around 9:45 a.m. and saw the entire upstairs was smoking so he grabbed his two cats and exited.
“I had to get out of there because the smoke was so thick,” Hanson said.
When Bryan couldn’t get in touch with his wife Angela, who was in the middle of a class at Pure Yoga, he called his mom, who went to the studio to inform Angela her house was on fire.
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue chief Robert Palmer said the cause of the fire was lint in the clothes dryer or the vent and while it didn’t extend beyond the laundry room, there was smoke damage throughout the home.
The clothes in the dyer were burned as well as material on top of the dryer.
Palmer said home owners should clear out their lint trap after each dry and pull out the dyer every six months to clean out the vent. He estimated the damage was between $25,000 and $30,000 but it could’ve been worse.
“They caught it in time or it could have spread throughout,” Palmer said. “They were lucky.”
At approximately 12:30 p.m., a brush fire was ignited uphill from Federal Street between E. Fourth and E. 7th Streets.
No structure damage was reported, and cause of the fire was not available as of press time Saturday morning.
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