SEQUIM — A barn fire up Blue Mountain Road destroyed the contents of the structure, which included an airplane.
No injuries were reported at the fire at 4925 Blue Mountain Road, according to a press release from Battalion Chief Chris Turner with Clallam County Fire District 3.
The homeowner who reported the blaze described the barn as having a “significant distance from trees or buildings,” but added that, in addition to a airplane and vehicles, gasoline and propane were inside.
Fire crews were dispatched about 2:30 p.m. Monday to the 4000 block of Blue Mountain Road in Port Angeles to a fully involved barn fire. The first firefighter to arrive said that flames were vented from the front of the building.
Turner said as many as 20 career and volunteer firefighters responded to a home about 5 miles south of U.S. Highway 101.
The barn’s contents were heavily damaged from smoke and heat. In addition to the airplane, contents included old pickup trucks, a tractor, engines and tools, he said.
The structure suffered significant fire damage in the front corner and most all of the contents were a total loss due to massive heat and smoke damage, district officials said in the release.
A fire watch crew was posted throughout the night to monitor the situation due to reports of high winds forecasted to begin around midnight.
Mutual aid from Fire District 2 was requested. A medic unit covered Fire District 3’s R Corner station 32 during the fire’s initial attack.
“It was so far up Blue Mountain that it takes a lot of our resources to go up there,” Turner said.
The fire remained under investigation Tuesday.
Olympic Ambulance and Clallam County Public Utility District also responded to the incident.
