A Colfax area home was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon.
Whitman County Fire District 11 Volunteer Firefighters from Colfax, Albion, Diamond and Steptoe along with Volunteer Firefighters from the City of Colfax responded to the blaze around 1:00. The fire was burning in the kitchen of a home on State Route 272 East of town. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire but the smoke damage was so extensive that the modular home was a total loss. The fire displaced a couple who were able to stay with family nearby. Three dogs and a cat survived the fire but one cat a dog perished in the blaze. No one was hurt.
A fire investigator from the City of Pullman was called in to help determine the cause of the blaze. District 11 Assistant Chief Craig Corbeill says the fire started in the kitchen near the stove which was on in self-cleaning mode when the fire broke out. Corbeill wants to thank all of the volunteers who battled the blaze in frigid temperatures. The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the blaze.