3 people displaced after fire damages house in Lacey Sunday night

Three people have been displaced and one of them suffered minor injuries after fire damaged a house in the 1500 block of Draham Street Northeast late Sunday, according to Lacey Fire District 3.

Fire crews responded about 11:30 p.m. March 5 to find the house engulfed in flames. Draham Street is north of I-5 between Britton Parkway Northeast and 15th Avenue Northeast.

Battalion Chief Steve Crimmins said the person who suffered minor injuries drove themselves to an area hospital.

Firefighters also rescued and revived a cat that was trapped in the house. He said the American Red Cross was contacted to help the residents find a place to stay.

Crimmins said the house was under 1,000 square feet and suffered extensive damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription