Everett blaze forces family of 5 from home

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, January 27, 2005

EVERETT – A fire Thursday afternoon destroyed a carport and caused heavy smoke damage to a home in the Lake Stickney area, displacing the family of five that lived there, fire officials reported.

The fire was reported at 3:53 p.m. in the 2300 block of Manor Way. A boy and his sister, both teenagers, were home and escaped uninjured, said Leslie Hynes, public information officer for Snohomish County Fire District 1.

Crews from Snohomish County Fire District 1 and the Lynnwood Fire Department responded to the fire, which produced a large column of black smoke visible to motorists on nearby Highway 99.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and kept it from spreading into the house. However, there was heavy smoke damage throughout the home.

Damage was estimated at $20,000. The fire appears to have been accidental, and the cause is under investigation by the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s office.

The family of five was renting the house and has no insurance. They are receiving assistance from Support 7 and the Red Cross.

Broadway Starbucks robbed by two men

Two armed men held up a Starbucks coffee store Thursday night, the second robbery of a coffee shop on Broadway in three days.

The men displayed a gun and demanded money from a barista at Starbucks shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, Everett police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said. The barista at the store, at 3625 Broadway, was not hurt. The men ran from the store with the money.

The employee described the men as white, about 5 feet 10 inches, and wearing black, hooded sweat shirts.

An armed man with a similar description robbed the Stadium Espresso coffee stand at 3830 Broadway Tuesday night.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Everett Police Department’s tip line at 425-257-8450.

From Herald staff reports