Grays Harbor Scanner has gotten a follow-up press release to an incident we had first posted yesterday evening regarding a structure fire in Montesano at Montesano Health and Rehab.
Initial dispatch radio traffic had indicated that there was a fire in the roof with smoke and flames visible above the kitchen area where roofers had been working. While the press release says that the cause is under investigation, while speaking with staff at the facility we have learned that they had a second company on site fixing a prior roofing job and that the roofers had been using a torch to heat up the tar replacing vents. The fire was in the attic area where this work had been taking place.
Here is more from the Montesano Fire/Police Department.