YAKIMA, Wash. — Two duplexes in Yakima were heavily damaged by a four-alarm fire early Saturday, resulting in $1.5 million in damage, firefighters said.
A Yakima Fire Department crew was called at about 12:45 a.m. to 3 Burning Tree Drive, where firefighters saw flames shooting from two multistory residences.
Crews then called in a second alarm and checked to make sure everyone had gotten out.
Firefighters said nearby vegetation and “wood-shake roofs” helped fuel the fire as they worked to contain it. Several blocks away, a fire had also started at another residence due to embers that had traveled through the air, which a Yakima fire crew was able to put out.
As firefighters continued to fight the flames at the duplexes, two more alarms were called, bringing firefighters from East Valley, Naches Heights, Naches, Nile, the Yakima Training Center, Grandview, Sunnyside, and Kittitas Valley to help.
According to a release, the fire was contained to the duplexes and eventually put out; however, the attics and the living areas suffered the most damage.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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