Quick work by Bellingham Fire Department crews to knock down a residential fire Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 28, in the Alabama Hill neighborhood prevented it from spreading to a nearby house or two cars parked in the driveway.
Firefighters responded at 3:30 p.m. to the 2800 block of Erie Street, Captain Dave Pethick told The Bellingham Herald, and arrived to find the garage in flames.
“It was fully involved and threatening two cars and a neighboring house,” Pethick said. “It got into the attic space, and we had to chase it a little.” Crews prevented the fire from spreading, Pethick said, knocking flames down within eight minutes of their arrival, though the house’s location on a dead-end street made it challenging to position apparatus in their usual locations.