Friday morning fire destroys shed, chicken coop
Firefighters with the Moses Lake Fire Department finishing dousing a fire in a shed in the 300 block of W. Loop Drive in Moses Lake Friday morning.
CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Smoke billows from a shed fire in the backyard of a home in the 300 block of W. Loop Drive as Moses Lake Fire Department firefighters arrive on scene Friday around 8:45 a.m.
A Moses Lake Fire Department firefighter gets ready to battle a blaze engulfing a backyard shed in the 300 block of W. Loop Drive Friday morning. No one was injured in the fire and no permanent structures were damaged in the blaze that gutted the shed.
MOSES LAKE — A Friday morning fire in the backyard of a residence destroyed a shed containing a chicken coop but caused no injuries and only slight damage to permanent structures, according to Moses Lake Fire Department Deputy Chief Pete Kunjara.
The fire in the 300 block of W. Loop Drive in Moses Lake was reported at about 8:40 a.m., Kunjara said, and city fire crews responded quickly, dousing the fire by 9 a.m.
“When we got there, the shed was fully involved,” Kunjara said. “Our crew did a very good job on it.”
Kunjara said no one was at home at the time, and the MLFD had been unable to contact the residents yet. It is unknown if there were any chickens in the coop.
Charles H. Featherstone can be reached at cfeatherstone@columbiabasinherald.com.
