Burn’en Down the House

Burning the Hedlund house to the ground Saturday was the last straw and a final burn-to-the-ground fire of the day for the La Conner and Fire Districts 2, 13 and 17 fire departments.

By the time the last of the piles of wood pallets were brought into the house and the last of the interior fires were started with a propane tank and torch at 1:15 p.m., the various firefighting crews had spent hours in every room of the two story structure, examining, fighting, putting out and being tested on a variety of room, wall, floor and ceiling fire scenarios.

The departments extend their whole-hearted thanks to the Hedlund family for offering a life-size object for practice.