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FERNDALE, Wash. — Firefighters were dispatched to the 5800 block of Hawthorne Place in Ferndale about 11pm, Thursday, September 8th, due to reports of a structure fire with visible flames.

Firefighters arrived to find a line of bushes on fire between 2 residences.

The fire damaged exterior siding on both residences along with the exterior of a parked car. There were no reported injuries.

Whatcom County Fire District 7 Fire Chief Larry Hoffman told Whatcom News that a fire investigator determined a propane torch was used to burn weeds on a gravel strip alongside the bushes that afternoon. Although the resident had soaked the area with water afterwards, there was enough heat remaining to ignite the bushes.

Published in Ferndale Washington News, News and Whatcom County News

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