EVERETT – Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a suspicious fire that did at least $500,000 in damage to a north Everett log yard on Tuesday.
Evidence gathered at the scene is being tested at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives crime lab to help determine the cause and origin of the fire, Everett police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said Wednesday.
The lab work is expected to take three to five days, he said.
Investigators are not calling the fire arson, but are continuing to call it highly suspicious, Bryant said.
The blaze was reported at 1:39 a.m. Tuesday in the 3600 block of Eclipse Mill Road along the Snohomish River. The city-owned site is leased by Montesano-based Willis Enterprises, which manufactures wood chips used in paper products.
The flames destroyed a wood chipper, a log loader, an earthmover and a trailer used as an office, Bryant said. Agents from the ATF are assisting in the investigation.
The fire is not believed to be connected to a string of small arsons in north Everett, Bryant said.
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