Fire damages Plains home
Flames engulf a home in Plains on Friday afternoon. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Fire personnel discuss their plan of attack on a house fire in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Firefighter Reed and assistant chief Martin Cooper at the scene of a house fire in Plains on Friday. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Firefighters hose down active areas of a house fire in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Emergency personnel were paged out Friday at 12:43 p.m. for a house fire at 304 Clayton Street in Plains.
Volunteers from both Plains Paradise Rural Fire District and the Plains Fire Department responded to a fully engulfed house fire. Local law enforcement officers and the Plains Community Ambulance were also called to the scene.
A dozen emergency vehicles were paged out to fight the blaze, as smoke rose high into the afternoon sky. Extensive water, smoke and fire damage occurred both inside and outside the residence, as well as to a vehicle parked in an adjoining carpark.
The cause of the fire is currently undetermined.
Fire personnel discuss their plan of attack on a house fire in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Firefighter Reed and assistant chief Martin Cooper at the scene of a house fire in Plains on Friday. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Firefighters hose down active areas of a house fire in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)