A quick-thinking resident helped limit the damage from a bedroom fire at a home in the Sunnyside neighborhood Saturday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.
The fire was reported at 6 a.m. at 6003 N.E. 112th St., according to paramedic-firefighter Kevin Stromberg. He said crews arriving seven minutes later found smoke and fire coming out of an upstairs bedroom on the rear of the house and through an aggressive interior attack were able to contain the fire to that one bedroom.
The firefighters were assisted by the quick actions of a woman who lived in the house. Before she evacuated the house with two cats, she was able to close the door to the burning room.
Stromberg said her actions “drastically reduced the spread of the fire and the spread of the smoke.”
