Firefighters for Clallam County Fire District 2 prepare for training on Saturday at a donated house at 2354 E. Fifth Ave. in the Gales Addition east of Port Angeles. The unoccupied house is scheduled to be used for live fire training after noon today when the structure will be ignited and burned to the ground for firefighters to hone their skills in a controlled fire situation. People seeing the blaze or corresponding smoke column are requested not to call 9-1-1. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Firefighters for Clallam County Fire District 2 prepare for training on Saturday at a donated house at 2354 E. Fifth Ave. in the Gales Addition east of Port Angeles. The unoccupied house is scheduled to be used for live fire training after noon today when the structure will be ignited and burned to the ground for firefighters to hone their skills in a controlled fire situation. People seeing the blaze or corresponding smoke column are requested not to call 9-1-1. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Firefighters training in Gales Addition on Sunday

Firefighters for Clallam County Fire District 2 prepare for training on Saturday at a donated house at 2354 E. Fifth Ave. in the Gales Addition east of Port Angeles.

The unoccupied house is scheduled to be used for live fire training after noon Sunday when the structure will be ignited and burned to the ground for firefighters to hone their skills in a controlled fire situation.

People seeing the blaze or corresponding smoke column are requested not to call 9-1-1.

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