Vancouver firefighters saved a house after quickly extinguishing an attic fire Friday evening in the Five Corners area.
Crews were dispatched shortly before 6:30 p.m. to 8401 N.E. 108th Ave., for a structure fire.
A total of five fire engines, a ladder truck, a chaplain, a rehab bus and two battalion chiefs responded. The first crew arrived within four minutes and discovered a single-story, ranch-style house with heavy gray smoke coming from the eaves, according to a news release from the Vancouver Fire Department.
Firefighters entered the residence and began pulling down ceiling using hand tools to attack flames in the attic, the news release says.
“This task was made difficult due to the fact that the home had ceiling heat. Ceiling heat warms up a room using radiant heat from wires that are in the ceiling panels,” the fire department said.