1 dead in Mount Vernon mobile home fire

Published 1:30 am Friday, November 29, 2019

Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON — One person died after a fire ripped through a mobile home in south Mount Vernon.

The Mount Vernon Fire Department was called to a fully involved house fire at about 6:45 a.m. Thursday at Mountain View Mobile Park, Chief Bryan Brice said.

The fire was under control at about 7:25 a.m., Brice said, at which point crews discovered the deceased person.

Assistant fire chief Bryan Harris said a total of 10 people were inside the home when the fire broke out. Two were treated for injuries, with one taken to Skagit Valley Hospital.