No injuries in Blaine RV fire

No injuries were reported after a RV became fully engulfed in flames during the early morning hours on September 14.

North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) and Whatcom County Fire District 7 responded to the RV fire about 4:50 a.m. at the 4500 block of Drayton Harbor Road, at the corner of Blaine Road, NWFR chief Jason Van Der Veen said. An adult male who had been in the RV escaped without injuries.

Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading to a house and second RV on the property. Van Der Veen said the fire was under control within 5-10 minutes and crews remained on scene for another 1.5 hours to ensure the fire was fully out.

The Whatcom County Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating how the fire started, fire inspector Tiffany Honey wrote in an email to The Northern Light.

The home on the property also caught on fire in February 2023, sending one person to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The fire was contained to the laundry room but smoke damaged other areas of the home.