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Storage building fire sends smoke over Bellingham Bay

Storage building fire sends smoke over Bellingham Bay

Photo: KGMI/Kimball Gainor


7-6-2018

LUMMI NATION, Wash. — A fire on Lena Road near Gooseberry Point Thursday sent smoke billowing over Bellingham Bay.

The Bellingham Fire Department says the fire destroyed a storage building and three RVs parked inside.

No one was hurt.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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