On New Year’s Day, the Upper Yaak Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire in the attic of a homestead cabin that has stood since 1910. With the rapid response and good save on the structure, resident Dave Stevenson has nothing but praise for the work his local firefighters did.
“When I first got there, the fire was in the attic,” said Upper Yaak VFD Chief Mike Sanders. “I could see the whole top story was nothing but smoke, looking through the window, and the smoke was pouring out of the attic, full length of the building, which was about 40 feet.”
Though no flames were visible, Sanders knew from the speed and volume of the smoke that they had a serious fire on their hands.
Stevenson, who lives in the cabin with his wife, said that he was impressed with how professionally the firefighters went about their work.
No one was standing around. No one was wasting time. They looked like they knew what they needed to do, and they got to it, he said.