Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Fire and carbon monoxide poisoning prompts warnings
Fire triggered by an overloaded extension cord causes $100,000 in damage to an Everett apartment; nine people are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Lynnwood.
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Doug Ramsay / For the Herald
Everett firefighters battle an apartment fire at 120 W. Casino Road on Monday morning.
EVERETT — An overloaded extension cord was blamed for an early morning fire Monday in south Everett that caused $100,000 damage, sent two people to the hospital and left three families in the cold.
A woman hurt her leg when she jumped from a second-story window and a man was treated for smoke injuries, Everett city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said.
In a separate incident Sunday in Lynnwood, nine people were hospitalized after a grill was brought inside. The victims were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and released.
The gas fumes sent five family members plus four more people living upstairs to Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said.
Lynnwood firefighters and medics were called early Sunday after a 3-year-old boy woke up struggling to breathe, Sessions said.
Carbon monoxide, often called the silent killer, is an invisible, ordorless and colorless gas created when fuels burn incompletely. High levels of the gas can cause fatal poisoning.
“Never use a generator, grill or camp stove or anything else that takes gasoline, propane or natural gas or charcoal anywhere enclosed where it’s not vented,” Sessions said.
She recommended installation of carbon monoxide alarms on every level of the house and in sleeping areas to provide early warning of accumulating carbon monoxide.
Monday’s fire in Everett was first reported around 4:20 a.m. at 120 W. Casino Road when a man woke up to the sound of breaking glass and saw flames in his neighbor’s apartment, Reardon said.
About 40 firefighters responded and it took them just under an hour to extinguish the blaze.
Officials still are investigating if the apartment had working smoke detectors.
A disaster action team from the Snohomish County Red Cross provided temporary housing and other aid to three families displaced by the fire, spokesman Skip DeHennis said.
Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437, jholtz@heraldnet.com.
A woman hurt her leg when she jumped from a second-story window and a man was treated for smoke injuries, Everett city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said.
In a separate incident Sunday in Lynnwood, nine people were hospitalized after a grill was brought inside. The victims were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and released.
The gas fumes sent five family members plus four more people living upstairs to Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said.
Lynnwood firefighters and medics were called early Sunday after a 3-year-old boy woke up struggling to breathe, Sessions said.
Carbon monoxide, often called the silent killer, is an invisible, ordorless and colorless gas created when fuels burn incompletely. High levels of the gas can cause fatal poisoning.
“Never use a generator, grill or camp stove or anything else that takes gasoline, propane or natural gas or charcoal anywhere enclosed where it’s not vented,” Sessions said.
She recommended installation of carbon monoxide alarms on every level of the house and in sleeping areas to provide early warning of accumulating carbon monoxide.
Monday’s fire in Everett was first reported around 4:20 a.m. at 120 W. Casino Road when a man woke up to the sound of breaking glass and saw flames in his neighbor’s apartment, Reardon said.
About 40 firefighters responded and it took them just under an hour to extinguish the blaze.
Officials still are investigating if the apartment had working smoke detectors.
A disaster action team from the Snohomish County Red Cross provided temporary housing and other aid to three families displaced by the fire, spokesman Skip DeHennis said.
Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437, jholtz@heraldnet.com.
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