Fire in Old Town

Bellingham firefighter, Ryan Hillmon, hoses down the remains of three buildings from a fire at Bellingham’s Old Town district in the 400 block of West Holly Street Monday morning.

Here are a few photos from the fire this week. I got a call early in the morning to head to Old Town from one of our editors. I could see the smoke from Janette’s window downtown. I geared up and headed to the scene. To my dissatisfaction, the firefighters were on the tail end of extinguishing the blaze. I was throwing a fit all day and pretty upset that I missed the call when the actual fire was happening at 3 a.m. However, these photos ended up running in photoblogs around the nation, The Guardian and in print for The Wall Street Journal. I learned that you can’t control everything and that things can end up better than you expect them to. I’m so impatient sometimes.