MARYSVILLE – A raging fire destroyed a large Marysville-area home and seven vehicles parked nearby Wednesday.
The fire was discovered at 2:27 p.m. in the 5400 block of 116th Street NE.
“It was heavily involved when we got there,” Marysville Fire District Lt. Scott Kreiman said. “We knocked it down, but there wasn’t much left for us to save.”
Firefighters did save one vehicle, but cars, small pickups and a box truck burned when flames from the house spread, he said.
Firefighters had extinguished the fire by about 4 p.m., but some firefighters remained on the scene late into the night monitoring hot spots.
One woman who was home when the fire broke out escaped unharmed.
The Snohomish County fire marshal is investigating, Kreiman said. The blaze appeared to start in the south end of the home.
Getchell firefighters assisted Marysville.
Store robbed: Two men, one armed with a shotgun, robbed an Everett convenience store Wednesday night, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The men, dressed in black and wearing ski masks, walked into the store in the 2000 block of Walnut Street and demanded money shortly before 8:30 p.m., police said. The clerk, who was not injured in the robbery, gave it to them.
The two men appeared to leave the store on foot. But when police tried to track them with a dog, the scent quickly disappeared, said Lt. Kathy Atwood with the Everett Police Department.
“It just fizzled out in the alley,” she said, leading police to believe they probably got in a car and drove away.
Police do not have good descriptions of the suspects, but said one of them appeared to be an adult about 6 feet tall.
Man identified: The Snohomish County medical examiner identified a man who died when his small pickup collided with a semi-truck on I-5 Tuesday as Stephen Shannon Davis, 83, of the Anacortes area.
Davis was driving a 1997 Nissan pickup northbound when his pickup ran off the road, crossed the median and drove into the path of a southbound semi, authorities said.
Davis died at the scene of severe head injuries, said Leon Reichle, the medical examiner’s chief investigator.
The truck driver was taken to Cascade Valley Hospital for observation.
Material found: “Suspicious materials” found Wednesday in a trash can at a car wash may be associated with production of methamphetamine, authorities said.
Monroe police and firefighters responded to the scene at about 7:30 a.m. in the 18700 block of U.S. 2 after a property manager found the items. A hazardous materials team removed the materials, which will be disposed of after analysis by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Herald staff reports
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