EvERETT — An attic fire spread and gutted an Everett’s couple’s home Saturday afternoon in the 5000 block of Sunset Lane.
Firefighters arrived at the home in the View Ridge Neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. to find smoke billowing out from under the home’s eaves.
The couple who owned the home weren’t home so firefighters had to bust down the door to get in, said Everett battalion chief Joe Johnston. They put out the fire in less than 20 minutes.
Johnston estimated damage to the house at least $170,000. Firefighters were able to put the fire out before it damaged the owner’s restored 1969 Chevrolet.
The crew stuck around to help the couple salvage what they could.
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