Editor’s Update Tuesday 2/28/17 11:40 AM: Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire. Damage was estimated at $150,000.00.
A firefighter works on opening the eaves.
A captain pokes his head out the window to check with crews on the outside.
Crews remove insulation from the eaves.
No word yet on a cause or damage estimate.
It was a house fire in the 2400 block of Everett Avenue.
The fire damaged the upper floor of the house with smoke and water damage leaving it uninhabitable for multiple residents. It was an old house divided into apartments.
Everett Firefighters managed to get a good knockdown on the fire and had it our within about 15 minutes.
The Red Cross is helping the residents find a place to stay tonight and an Everett Fire investigator is on scene trying to determine the cause.
No damage estimate was available but the good news is there were no injuries.
Everett Avenue was closed between Virginia and Cedar streets for about an hour and a half.
Here are a few MyEverettNews.com photos of the scene.
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February 27, 2017
Everett Fire