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Sequim grass fire put out before it reachs homes, business
Cause undetermined, but could have been started by a fire cracker
By Daniel Silliman
Peninsula Daily News
SEQUIM-- Firefighters extinguished a half-acre fire, Tuesday in a field of grass and blackberry bushes bordered by seven homes on Hammond Street and by Ferrellgas Inc. on Third Street.
The fire was quickly put out, with the flames extinguished 10 minuets after firefighters responded, and none of the buildings were in danger.
The cause of the fire is undetermined, said Roger Moeder, assistant fire chief.
Firefighters found a large spent fire cracker in the field but no one reporter hearing an explosion and it cannot positively be connected to the fire.
"Nobody heard anything," Moeder said. "So we listed the cause as undetermined."
The fire cracker could have been discarded in the field for a long time, like the bicycle pieces, railroad ties and car parts now exposed in the burnt over grass.
The firefighters spent another 45 minutes working over the burnt C-shaped area and the blackberry bushes, putting out hot spots and making sure the fire wouldn't start again.
Cause undetermined, but could have been started by a fire cracker
By Daniel Silliman
Peninsula Daily News
SEQUIM-- Firefighters extinguished a half-acre fire, Tuesday in a field of grass and blackberry bushes bordered by seven homes on Hammond Street and by Ferrellgas Inc. on Third Street.
The fire was quickly put out, with the flames extinguished 10 minuets after firefighters responded, and none of the buildings were in danger.
The cause of the fire is undetermined, said Roger Moeder, assistant fire chief.
Firefighters found a large spent fire cracker in the field but no one reporter hearing an explosion and it cannot positively be connected to the fire.
"Nobody heard anything," Moeder said. "So we listed the cause as undetermined."
The fire cracker could have been discarded in the field for a long time, like the bicycle pieces, railroad ties and car parts now exposed in the burnt over grass.
The firefighters spent another 45 minutes working over the burnt C-shaped area and the blackberry bushes, putting out hot spots and making sure the fire wouldn't start again.
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