EVERETT — A two-alarm fire badly damaged an apartment building Friday afternoon on Casino Road in Everett.
Everett firefighters evacuated at least one building around 3:40 p.m. at Park 120, the complex at 120 W. Casino Road. Heavy flames were reported in a second-floor apartment.
Lorraine Joslin, 66, lives in a neighboring apartment complex. She said she looked up and saw “a big ball of flames, a big plume of smoke, like a forest fire” and was “scared to death it would jump from one building to another” because there are trees nearby.
Five units in the building were a total loss because of fire, water and smoke damage, Everett firefighter Bronson Pearson said. Flames ate through the roof.
Eastbound traffic on Casino Road was shut down briefly for the fire response. The Snohomish County Public Utility District shut down power.
Pearson confirmed the fire response had elevated to a second alarm. Around 15 units — fire engines, ambulances and ladder companies — initially responded to the scene.
Shortly after 4 p.m., first responders completed a primary and secondary search for anyone trapped in the apartments. Nobody was found. The fire was out before 4:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Several people were displaced and the Red Cross had been called to help them, Pearson said.
Fire investigators were on scene. No cause had been determined Friday.
Surya Hendry: 425-339-3104; surya.hendry@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @suryahendryy.
Jordan Hansen: 425-339-3046; jordan.hansen@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @jordyhansen.
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