The fire was reported about 1:30 PM
A three-alarm fire at a condominium complex south of Everett this afternoon caused more than $400,000 damage and displaced 16 residents.
The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. at the Homestead Condominiums in the 12900 block of 8th Ave. W in unincorporated Snohomish County. “Occupants in a second-floor condominium unit called 911 after a smoke alarm alerted them to the fire,” said Leslie Hynes, public information officer for Snohomish County Fire District 1. “An 8-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister and her 14-year-old friend safely exited the unit.”
Other occupants in the 15-unit, three-story building safely evacuated. There were no injuries, but a dog died in the fire.
Flames had already extended from the second-floor unit where the fire started to the unit above and through the roof when the first firefighters arrived from the nearby Mariner Fire Station 11. Firefighters from Fire Districts 1 and 7, Everett, Lynnwood and Mukilteo responded. At the peak of the fire, more than 60 firefighters were on the scene.
“Crews made an initial attack inside the building, but had to pull out and fight the fire from the outside after the roof became unstable,” Hynes said. “It took about 40 minutes to knock down the fire.”
The fire left six units uninhabitable. “Four units had fire and smoke damage and the two ground-floor units sustained water damage,” Hynes said.
The Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross is assisting residents displaced by the fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Original report from 3:00 PM…
Several units were destroyed but no one injured this afternoon in a condo fire on 8th Avenue West south of Everett. Fire crews from Everett, Mukilteo and Lynnwood provided mutual aid to Fire District 1 in the 2-Alarm fire. Here are some MyEverettNews.com photos. We’ll provide more information as it becomes available.
April 15, 2016
Everett, Everett Fire