A 13-month-old mixed breed dog named Lucy is being hailed as a hero after sounding the alarm to occupants sleeping on the bottom floor of a Rash Road house as fire tore through its upper story in Kingston early Saturday morning.
All escaped safely.
North Kitsap Fire & Rescue and Poulsbo Fire Department crews were called to the two-story, 2,000-square-foot home just after 4:20 a.m. after a neighbor called 9-1-1 to report flames coming from the structure. The first units arrived about eight minutes after dispatch, and reported the home to be fully involved in fire.
Because there are no fire hydrants in the immediate area, crews relied on tender trucks to bring in water. The second floor was destroyed while the bottom floor with its four bedrooms sustained significant smoke and water damage. The occupant of the second floor’s only bedroom was not home at the time.