Crime & Safety
Bedroom in LFP Home Catches Fire
Firefighters arrive quickly to put out flames, damage estimated at $10,000
A single family home in the 3800 block of N.E. 153rd Street sustained $10,000 in damage today after a fire broke out in a bedroom on the first floor.
Firefighters from the Northshore Fire Department responded at 2:27 p.m. to find flames venting from a first floor window that contained a daylight basement. The fire was confined to a the bedroom and was under control in approximately 5 minutes.
The occupant who discovered the fire alerted her daughter and the two safely evacuated the home. The home had a functioning smoke alarm.
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The loss was minimized due to the occupant’s conscious action of closing the door that confined the fire to the room of origin.
No firefighters were injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the King County Fire Investigation Unit.
