After working inside the burning house with his engine company, Capt. Richard Duncan, right, reports back to Battalion Chief Steve Allision.
A car fire that spread to a house north of Bothell on March 3 caused more than $132,000 damage and displaced the two men who lived there.
Several people called 9-1-1 around 6:30 p.m. to report flames coming from the carport of a single-story home in the 21300 block of 1st Avenue W in an unincorporated area north of Bothell. The homeowner was outside the house when firefighters arrived. The other resident was away at the time of the fire. No one was injured.
“When the first engine arrived firefighters reported both cars in the carport were on fire and flames were through the roof of the carport,” said Leslie Hynes, public information officer for Snohomish County Fire District 1.
Firefighters from Fire District 1 and the Bothell Fire Department quickly brought the fire under control. The fire destroyed the two cars and the carport, and flames extended into the house attic, leaving the home uninhabitable. The homeowner has insurance and plans to stay with family members who live in the area.
An investigator from the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the accidental fire started in an 18-year-old car in the carport.
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