EVERETT — The Everett Fire Department continues to investigate a fatal fire that happened Monday along Ocean Drive.
Determining the cause and where the fire started could take several more days, Fire Marshal Rick Robinson said.
The house, built in 1935, was a total loss. The damage is estimated at $250,000.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday confirmed that Michael E. Elke, 76, was the man whose body was pulled from the fire.
He died from smoke inhalation, and his death was ruled an accident.
The fire was reported just after 1:30 p.m. Monday. It was the third fatal fire in Everett since Dec. 31.
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