SEQUIM — A 27-year-old man escaped a house fire unhurt with a pet python and ferret late Sunday night, a blaze that destroyed a garage adjoining the rental home at 1040 W. Palo Verde Loop.
A cat in the garage perished in the fire reported at 9:36 p.m. after several neighbors phoned in reports of smelling smoke from Sequim Avenue to North Fifth Avenue and West Washington Street, said Patrick Young, public information officer with Clallam County Fire District No. 3.
Investigators were on the scene this morning to determine the cause of the blaze that destroyed the garage and its contents, including a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and engine parts. A car parked near the garage also was destroyed.
The renter inside the home safely evacuated after neighbors alerted him of the fire.
The second renter, a 29-year-old man, returned to find the fire department on the scene.
The renters’ names were not available this morning.
