Flames Followed by Explosions in Redway Residence

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At approximately 4:47 p.m., a one story wooden residence in Redway on Madrone Ave caught fire. Multiple witnesses reported explosions. According to Ernie Branscomb a retired firefighter who showed up after the fire started, the structure is “fully engulfed.”

Firefighters have contained the fire to the one structure in spite of what one witness called, “a wall of fire.”

All the residents are believed to have escaped unharmed. “There are no injuries that I know of,” said Stewart.

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nines
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8 years ago

Golly. We’re getting almost used to this, aren’t we? 🙁

william tillman
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william tillman
8 years ago

Drug lab.

Johny Winbag
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Johny Winbag
8 years ago

Dam it. Another Meth lab bites the dust!!

August West
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August West
8 years ago
Reply to  Johny Winbag

Place does look pretty tweaky for sure. If that’s what it was and it doesn’t spread, good riddance. Although the firefighters sure could use a break.

G-ma
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G-ma
8 years ago

Bye-bye lab.lots of these bad boys as of late.geeze.sad wake up

Eastside
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Eastside
8 years ago

More likely a hash lab rather than a meth lab.

solarae
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solarae
8 years ago
Reply to  Eastside

Yep, most meth is imported (along with heroin these days). The new regulations on aquiring pseudoephedrine* in this country worked to push the manufacture to Mexico.
* contained in Sudafed and other over the counter antihistamines.

Tall Trees
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Tall Trees
8 years ago

Whether it was a lab or just piles of flammable junk in range of a careless person… looks like a hell hole for firefighters to have to enter.

Rose Thistle
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Rose Thistle
8 years ago

Thank you Redway VFD, BVFD and everyone else who helped and kept it from spreading.

tugboat
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8 years ago

Germany has a tax system we should adopt. The better your house looks, the cheaper is your property tax burden. It ranges from 0.25 % of accessed value for a nice looking home to 10% for a place like what we see here burning up.
Here in America we have it ass backwards. The better your house looks the more you get charged in taxes. The shit hole you live in gets charged less. The message it sends is, Dont fix up your house, so that you can save money.
Liberal thinking —Calling good bad….. and calling bad- good.

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Margo
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Margo
8 years ago

I understand how people are “glad” that a another lab is gone and they deserved it and all that jazz. But please remember or consider that this was a womens home. A place of sanctuary, no matter how grand or terrible the place may look, still a home and a place to be. I live catty corner to her and watched her sit with her dog (dog and small bag of items being all she had left to her name) sit and watch as the firefighters tried to save her home. Drug lab or not, please respect the fact that this women (good or bad to you) just lost everything. She needs your prayers, good thoughts, and healing energy just as much as any other person.

moocow
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8 years ago
Reply to  Margo

She’s got ’em – fire is no joke…..no matter who or where it happens

GB
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GB
8 years ago

It belongs to an elderly woman and her dog. No meth lab! The explosion and plume of fire was the propane tank going off. Thanks to all the brave fire fighters and neighbors. I watched it from Par, they were in the thick of it.

G-ma
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G-ma
8 years ago

Some one has their story mixed up.