Fire damages two family homes in Tacoma, injures firefighter
Two families were displaced Thursday after a fire damaged their Tacoma homes.
Firefighters were dispatched at 12:24 p.m. to the 110 block of South 88th Street after multiple callers reported the fire. Both homes were already heavily damaged when firefighters arrived, Tacoma Fire spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd told The News Tribune.
One boat was also destroyed in a carport, she said.
Someone was inside one of the homes and made it out. Shepherd said it is unclear if anyone was in the second home at the time of the fire.
A firefighter suffered a minor injury, she said. No one else was injured.
After taking out the flames, firefighters maintained a fire watch to make sure nothing sparks up for the next few hours. After that, the houses will be boarded up and turned over to the homeowners, according to Shepherd.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Shepherd said it was initially called in that someone may have been cooking outside, which possibly caused the fire. That information is currently unconfirmed.
Tacoma Fire has reached out to the American Red Cross to help those displaced. Information on the number of displaced people was not immediately available.
