Firefighters and law enforcement responded to a structure fire on Tuesday, July 9, at 9:58 a.m. at a private residence on Warren Street in Bay City. Bay City Fire, Garibaldi Fire and Rescue, Rockaway Beach Fire, Tillamook Fire District, and Tillamook Ambulance were dispatched to the scene.
Upon arrival, fire personnel found a fully involved structure with power lines down, preventing access to the front of the residence. Fire personnel conducted defensive fire operations until Tillamook Public Utilities District arrived and cut power to the residence. Fire personnel then conducted an offensive internal attack, and the fire was knocked down by 10:46 a.m. Fire personnel remained at the scene until about 1 p.m., conducting overhaul of the structure to locate a deeply seated fire within the ceiling structure of the residence.