Fire damages rental vans at Lake Stevens storage center

Published 1:30 am Saturday, July 29, 2017

LAKE STEVENS — A fire burned outside of a Lake Stevens storage center Friday, damaging two rental vans.

Brush ignited near the building in the 2400 block of 131st Ave NE. Crews arrived shortly after 4 p.m.

Flames quickly spread to two nearby rental vans, said Assistant Fire Marshal David Petersen with the Lake Stevens Fire Department.

The vans were parked about a foot away from storage units, Petersen said.

Firefighters extinguished the flames within minutes, saving renters’ possessions.

No one was injured.

Investigators were looking into the cause of the fire.