House fire displaces one

Cause ruled accidental

MOSES LAKE - A weekend house fire on the edge of Moses Lake was ruled accidental and likely caused by an electrical problem involving a TV or DVD player.

Grant Fire District No. 5 firefighters were called at 5 p.m. Sunday to the two-bedroom home on Road 4 N.E., said Leonard Johnson, the district's battalion chief.

No one was injured in the fire, Johnson noted.

The fire started in the front room where a small wooden entertainment center was sitting and didn't spread to other areas of the house, said Bruce Gribble, Grant County's chief deputy fire marshal.

The DVD player and entertainment center were destroyed, he said.

The occupant, Peter Thompson, age unavailable, wasn't at home during the fire, Gribble said.

Thompson decided to stay at a friend's home because of the home's damage, Gribble said.

- Staff report