Abandoned house burns in Boulder

An abandoned house on the northeast side of Boulder burned to the ground around mid-afternoon on Sunday. As of Monday morning, no injuries had been reported and the cause of the fire remained unknown.

Around 2 p.m. Sunday, firefighters from Boulder and Basin volunteer fire departments responded to a report of an “abandoned house on fire” at the intersection of East 2nd Avenue and Parsons Street, according to Boulder-Bull Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Chief Cory Kirsch, who is also a Jefferson County Commissioner. Firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to adjacent properties and extinguished burning grass around the house, but the house was fully engulfed. On social media, Boulder residents described the house as being the “old Wade Lewis, Sr.” place, and then, later, the Brekstad house. Online property records maintained by Jefferson County indicated that the property is currently owned by Troy D. Wood of Butte.

Montana City Volunteer Fire Department responded with a ladder truck, which was used to shower the house with water from above, after firefighters on the ground outside the house had knocked down most of the flames.