Small town entertainment--House fire by my place today PIX

It's an old abandoned, boarded up turn-of-the-century farmhouse where some homeless people hang out. It caught fire today and had the main artery into town closed for almost 5 hours. Am sure it's nothing but ash now..was a real tinderbox of an old place.
(...and I remember over 30 years ago when it was really out in the countryside from town, was called Animal House, and there were 30 ft. pot plants growing in the backyard...:hippie: )

By the time I found out it was burning and got over there, it was getting under control, and the roof was starting to cave, but I took some pics anyway:

(..and NO! I don't go chasing fires...as if Firemen do anything for me! Hah! )

kids playing? insurance 'fire'?

that's interesting

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since it sits on prime property where all the big box stores are going up. But, the place is also known to be where a lot of homeless go at night, and have suspected it could also have been being used by local methheads.

Sent my photos to the local paper. Called them, and the editor told me to send'em in :-) Doubt mine will be used for the paper since they did have one of their cameras there, but am curious to follow up on the story once it's published.

Nelly the photojournalist strikes again!

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that one in the trees with the two firemen is my favorite one.

Hope no one lived there, you did say it was boarded up, right? edit duh- homeless people stayed there

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There weren't any ambulances at the scene, but since the road was blocked off for over 5 hours, am betting clean up is going to be a bitch. Thank dog it wasn't windy today! There's a lot of brush around that place.

I know this because I'm a moran! series111!11

a friend and I went to his land to dump some stuff in a pit and burn it. It was windy, the whole field was on fire in no time. This being about 25 years ago. Hopefully I'm a little smarter!



Great minds think alike- that is a cool pic. You have a GOOD eye for pics!

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Great pics, sweetie!

Didn't you drive us past there?

I remember your talking about the pot plants! :rofl:

Just put your card in the mail today..........

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Told you how they guys there ahd corrugated sheet metal all the way around the back of the place to shield the plants from view, but DAY-Um them fuckers was big!! :rofl:

..and your card is on it's way to you! :loveya:

had a roomate once that had a grow lite in the closet and had plants growing so he could transplant them in the forest somewhere. He'd leave the curtains open with the closet door open and the room light off and the grow light on!

I'd come home and freak out!

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pretty funny today, but then I couldn't believe it

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Suitable buildings are hard to find.

it's an old town...many old barns, and plenty of old boarded up houses around.

This town finally started to reclaim some of the architecture about 15 years ago, but it's slow going here.

meth heads?

just seems that small towns have fewer services and therefore are not likely to draw homeless people seeking social services to them.

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lots of departments get together and practice on old buildings due to be demolished anway.
they start it up, put it out; start it up again, put it out. Lotta young firefighters get trained and it makes way for something.
hope the homeless aren't getting gentrified out of town, by the way...

We have a small fire dept. here. Other units from neighboring towns came in to help.

Have seen practice burns around here, and this one didn't look like one, especially since it's located on one of the main roads into and out of this place. Really backed up traffic and clogged neighorhood streets in diverting traffic. If it had been a practice burn, would have been on a Sunday here...a slow day...and there would have been public notice.

Here's the paper's photo



Story:
Flames engulf abandoned house

Fire gutted an abandoned house along Lacey Boulevard west of 12th Avenue Tuesday afternoon.

The century-old structure, located just west of the former Photo Express building, caught fire shortly before 3 p.m. on its second floor and flames quickly spread.

Officials responding to the scene suspect that juveniles may have set the fire. The abandoned house was a popular hangout for kids in the area.
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/articles/2006/12/20/breakingnews/breaking01.txt