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Fire damages Lynden businesses

9 years ago in Local

Lynden Fire Department crews clean up Tuesday, June 13, after putting out a fire in a business on Front Street that also caused smoke damage in neighboring shops. Photo: KGMI/Dillon Honcoop

KGMI News
by Joe Teehan

LYNDEN, Wash. – An early morning fire damaged several Lynden businesses.

Chief Robert Spinner says fire fighters responded at 4:30 am Tuesday to a fire in a business under construction at 306 Front Street.

They were able to contain the fire to the room where it started.

Crews from @LyndenFire cleaning up after fire in Creative Design Hair & Sculptured Nails salon on Front St. pic.twitter.com/KKibUeZuWN

— Dillon Honcoop (@DillonHoncoop) June 13, 2017

Businesses on either side of the burned building, including Creative Design Hair & Sculptured Nails, had some smoke damage.

There were no injuries, and the cause is under investigation.

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