WENATCHEE — A two-alarm fire at the Garden Terrace apartments in Wenatchee sent eight people to hospitals and forced about 150 residents from their units. About 100 people were able to return to their apartments after the fire was extinguished but 45 others were sheltered by the Red Cross, at hotels or with family and friends.
Wenatchee Fire Chief Stan Smoke said the fire started Monday evening in the fourth-floor apartment of a blind woman who suffered second-degree burns and smoke inhalation. He said Tuesday she was eventually transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Seven other residents were treated at area hospitals for smoke inhalation.
The chief said the cause of the fire is under investigation. Many of the residents are elderly and disabled.
One of those sleeping on a cot at a shelter after the fire was 86-year-old Willie Carpenter, who fled with his 15-year-old cat, Gizmo. The local Humane Society is caring for the cat temporarily.
Information from: The Wenatchee World, www.wenatcheeworld.com
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