BREAKING NEWS: House fire in Humboldt Wednesday
Smoke rises from this home on Terrace Drive Wednesday night (May 23) as Humboldt Fire Chief Jim Gronbach (left) and Fire Department Secretary Russ Seiler (right) exit the structure. The home had minor fire damage as the fire was brought under control fairly quickly. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.
By KENT THOMPSON
The Humboldt Fire Department was called to a report of smoke and a structure fire at 1005 Terrace Drive Wednesday night at approximately 5:52 p.m. The department sent two fire engines and a pumper truck to the street located one block north of Highway 3.
When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming out of the two-story wood-frame house owned by Malea Brown. Brown had been living in the home with her boyfriend, Michael Wiuff (pronounced View). Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger reported that the home had been foreclosed up and was sold at a sheriff sale recently. Kruger said the couple was to be moved out by 8 a.m. Thursday. Neither Brown nor Wiuff were home at the time of the fire.
According to Humboldt Fire Chief Jim Gronbach, the fire started in the basement. “It did burn a hole in the first floor in the center of the house with a chimney chase A lot of flames and heat when through the chimney. It did smoke up the house but the smoke damage wasn’t too bad,” Gronbach said. No cause of the fire has been determined. The fire department was on the scene for about 90 minutes. They were assisted by the Humboldt Police Department and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.
Look for more details at www.humboldtnews.com and in the May 30 edition of The Humboldt Independent.
