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Fern Prairie fire investigation continues

Four pets died

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East County Fire and Rescue, as well as the Camas-Washougal and Vancouver fire departments, responded to a house fire Wednesday morning, at 3507 N.E. 304th Ave., in the Fern Prairie area. It is under investigation by Ken Hill, a deputy fire marshal with the Clark County Fire Marshal's office.

A fire in a Fern Prairie home has left a family’s four pets dead.

“We have only recovered one pet,” East County Fire and Rescue Chief Dean Thornberry said. “The others are presumed dead.”

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