Crime & Safety
Fire Breaks Out In Puyallup Apartment Building
The fire was burning Thursday morning along East Main Ave near downtown Sumner.
PUYALLUP, WA — Central Pierce fire crews battled a large fire at an apartment building in Puyallup on Thursday morning.
The fire was burning in a building along East Main Avenue east of downtown Puyallup near the river. Central Pierce firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly, keeping it contained to just a few units.
Puyallup police helped evacuate the building, and everyone inside was able to make it out safely, police reported.
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First arriving crews did an outstanding job extinguishing this apartment fire quickly before it spread to other units! A big thank you to @PuyallupPD for helping to evacuate the building! #centralpiercefire pic.twitter.com/gaGOomkfM5
— Central Pierce PIO (@CPFR_PIO) August 29, 2019
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