MY EVERETT NEWS

Hard to believe there were no serious injuries in this crash in front of the Everett Mall Monday just before noon. Click on photo to enlarge.

7:00am UPDATE: Click photos to enlarge. No injuries but a lot of damage at a mobile home fire in south Everett early Monday morning. Here’s the update so far by Everett Fire Marshal Rick Robinson…Everett Fire Department crews responded at 4:58 a.m. today to a house fire in the 1700 block of 105th Place SE. Arriving crews found a single-story home completely involved in flames. Bystanders reported that the one resident was not home and that no one else lived there. Crews battled the fire from outside and the main body of fire was knocked down. The amount of damage to the home precludes entry for final extinguishment and two crews remain on scene until the fire can be completely extinguished. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Everett Firefighters prevented a motor home fire from destroying a house in south Everett early this morning. Everett Fire Marshal Rick Robinson just issued the following press release…

Everett Fire Department crews responded to a reported recreational vehicle fire spreading to the house in the 10600 block of 10th Drive SE at 4:17 a.m. today. Arriving crews battled the RV fire and extinguished the fire which had spread to the attic of the attached garage. The fire was reported out at 4:39 a.m. The two residents of the home evacuated safely. There were no injuries to the residents or firefighters. The RV was a total loss. Damage to the home is estimated at about $30,000. The cause of the fire which apparently started in the engine compartment of the RV remains under investigation.

Everett Firefighters were able to get a quick stop on a fire in a ground floor unit at the Casablanca Apartments in south Everett Tuesday afternoon. The fire damaged the contents of one apartment but did not extend into the walls or into other units according to the battalion chief on the scene. At the time of this writing an investigator had not arrived. The Red Cross was called to help out at least one family displaced due to damage. There were no injuries and no damage estimate is yet available.

No word yet on the cause of the fire that destroyed some of the playground equipment at Garfield Park in north Everett. The fire occurred late Saturday night. The playground equipment is at the southeast corner of 24th and State Street. The portion that burned has been taped off but other nearby playground equipment is accessible. Here are a few pictures…

It was less than a quiet Sunday afternoon at the Mobile Country Club off 84th street in south Everett. At around 4:00pm, Everett Fire received a call of an explosion under one of the homes. Arriving Fire crews found smoke coming from under the skirting of one home. Crews were quickly able to contain the fire and then began a search for other problems. Everett Firefighters found an underground power vault had exploded and caught fire and somehow the fire had spread below ground to a mobile home 3 spaces away from the vault. Crews from Snohomish PUD were called and at the time of this writing were still trying to determine what caused the problem in the underground vault. No word on a damage estimate but there were no injuries. Here are some photos from the scene…

An Everett Firefighter examines a the underside of the mobile home

A firefighter examines damage

Fire damaged the skirting and underside of this mobile home.

Fire crews examine the underground vault

This is the vault that caught fire

A firefighter examines a burned pipe