Fire Collapses Roof of Chelan Food Mart

  • Source: KPQ-AM 560
  • Published: 06/02/2020 11:47 AM

A three-alarm fire at the Chelan Food Mart on East Woodin Ave. collapsed the roof and required evacuation of a neighboring house early Tuesday morning. Chelan Fire and Rescue Lt. Shawn Sherman was first on the scene around 4:00 a.m. “It didn’t look like there was any active flames when we first arrived there, but there was smoke showing so we knew we had a fire somewhere. It looked like it was probably in the concealed attic space.” Shortly thereafter flames were seen on the roof and a neighbor was evacuated. Sherman says asked for a third alarm in addition to the volunteer and career firefighters that were arriving. “As soon as I had enough people, I set up an interior attack plan. Then, just about that time the plan was coming together part of the roof collapsed. So that turned the incident into a defensive fire only so we couldn’t make entry.”



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