This house fire was a practice fire for the Olympia Fire Department and Bates Community College fire program. The house belonged to the church that I attend. It was a great experience and very warm.

The church purchased the house several years ago planning on using the space for church expansion. The house was beyond repair and the thing that they could do was to tear it down or let the fire department use it as a practice event. So it was used for practice. I did talk with a lady who lived in the house in the early 1940's and she was sad but also felt that it was time for the house to go and the fact that it was being used for a good cause helped.