EXPLOSION,’ FIRE DESTROY GRANDVIEW, WASHINGTON PUMPHOUSE, VEHICLE
February
1, 2015
A Grandview
family was preparing to eat an afternoon meal Saturday when they heard an
explosion before a fire destroyed a pumphouse and a vehicle.
Firefighthers
with Yakima Fire District 5 were called to the home in the 300 block of Brewer
Road just after 3 p.m., a release said. The pumphouse was already down by the
time they arrived with a vehicle parked next to it on fire.
The blaze
was brought under control and did not threaten the nearby home or any other
structures. A second vehicle parked near
the fire sustained moderate damage.
Damage is
estimated at $21,000 and the cause is not yet known. The property owners told
fire officials there were no heaters or other equipment in the building besides
the pump at the time of the fire.