Firefighters from across the Upper Yakima Valley were called out for a three-alarm fire Friday afternoon that destroyed a home and two garages west of Tieton.
Fighting the fire at 3330 Rosenkranz Road was complicated because a fire hydrant behind the house wasn’t working, said Highland Fire Department Chief Sam Glanzer. Instead, firefighters had to rely on water carried to the site in tenders normally used to fight wildland fires.
The fire was first reported about 3:45 p.m. Flames started in a detached garage before spreading to a second garage that was attached to the home where the attic caught fire, Glanzer said.
A woman in the house escaped without injury, he said.
As the fire grew and spread, firefighters were called in from stations in Selah, Yakima, Highland, Naches Heights, West Valley and as far as East Valley.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, although Glanzer said suspicion focused on a heat lamp in the detached garage.
An estimate on the losses was not available Friday evening.