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Gold Bar man killed in fire identified, cause under investigation

Published 12:12 pm Sunday, April 2, 2017

GOLD BAR — A man who died in a house fire in Gold Bar last month was identified Sunday as Richard D. Olson, Jr., 68.

Olson owned the home along May Creek Road east of town. His death was ruled an accident from smoke inhalation, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The cause of the March 20 fire remains under investigation. The property damage was estimated at $200,000.