Firefighters battle flames in a Preston fifth-wheel trailer, which was totally engulfed by fire when crews arrived Monday morning, Sept. 8. Crews reported small explosions during the blaze, likely caused due to tires popping from the heat. No one was home at the time of the fire. - Jim McKiernan / Snoqualmie Valley Record
Jim McKiernan / Snoqualmie Valley Record
Firefighters battle flames in a Preston fifth-wheel trailer, which was totally engulfed by fire when crews arrived Monday morning, Sept. 8. Crews reported small explosions during the blaze, likely caused due to tires popping from the heat. No one was home at the time of the fire.

Preston trailer goes up in flames


October 2, 2008 · Updated 5:48 PM 

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An unoccupied fifth wheel trailer went up in flames in a Preston campground on Monday, Sept. 8.

The blaze, under investigation by the King County Fire Marshal, was reported at about 10:30 a.m. at the 90 block of 308th Avenue, in the Blue Sky RV Park.

The trailer that burned was a total loss, and the fire also damaged an adjacent trailer, Eastside Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Greg Tryon said. The fire was reported by members of a construction crew at the site. Units from EFR and Fall City fire districts responded.

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