A house fire in downtown Blaine was extinguished by North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) on Sunday evening.
The emergency call came in around 6:20 p.m., said NWFR division chief Herschel Rostov, who was the first to arrive on scene. The fire occurred in the 400 block of 9th Street. Rostov arrived in a response vehicle to manage the incident, and was followed by Ladder 63 from Birch Bay and numerous other emergency vehicles.
“When I arrived, what I saw was heavy smoke in the neighborhood and very heavy smoke from the roof part of the building,” said Rostov. “When I walked around the building, there was no fire or smoke inside the building itself. All the smoke was coming out of the attic space. So it was fairly obvious that we had an attic fire.”
The homeowner had reported seeing a fire in the attic space above a bathroom fan.