KIRKLAND – Four bodies were found inside a home that burned Monday.
The bodies, located upstairs in the home, were those of two adults and two children, fire marshal Grace Steuart said.
“They were all upstairs, and to tell you the truth we’re not exactly sure what all was upstairs because it was very, very heavily damaged,” she said.
Firefighters put out the blaze in about 30 minutes, but it took several hours before they could go inside the gutted building.
Cheney: Construction equipment sparks fire
Firefighters battled gusty winds Monday as they worked to contain a 113-acre fire that had threatened 10 structures.
The Gateway Lane Fire was about 70 percent contained Monday afternoon. Steve Harris of the state Department of Natural Resources said mop-up was taking longer than expected, but that crews hoped to contain the fire sometime Tuesday.
Harris said the fire was started Saturday afternoon by a spark caused by repairs to a piece of construction equipment.
Seatac: Two baggage screeners hospitalized
An odor that disrupted baggage screening Monday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport apparently was pepper spray that accidentally went off in a bag, a spokesman said.
Thirteen Transportation Security Administration screeners reported nose and throat irritation – symptoms consistent with pepper spray, airport spokesman Bob Parker said. Of those, two were taken to a hospital as a precaution.
No passengers were affected by the smell.
Spokane: Boater is missing on Fish Lake
A man was missing and presumed dead after a gust of wind hit the small sailboat in Fish Lake, Spokane County sheriff’s deputies said.
Arnold R. Walker, 55, of Spokane was knocked into the water Friday afternoon when the wind caused the boom to swing to one side and the boat tipped, deputy Wade Nelson said. A companion on the boat threw Walker a floatation cushion, but the wind blew it away from him.
By the time the companion regained control and got the boat back about 100 to 150 feet to where the gust of wind hit, Walker had slipped below the surface, Nelson said.
Wenatchee: Girl dies in river rescue attempt
A key figure in the Wenatchee child sex rings cases of the mid-90s died after apparently jumping into the Wenatchee River to rescue two friends, officials said Monday.
Meghan Doggett, 21, died Sunday at Central Washington Hospital of head injuries after striking her head on rocks in the river Saturday, Chelan County Sheriff Mike Harum said.
Doggett was attempting to pull Mindy Cosart, 17, and Lisa Vargas, 15, from strong currents in Tumwater Canyon, about 1 1/2 miles west of Leavenworth. Cosart and Vargas, both of Wenatchee, had been floating on an inflatable mattress.
Cosart was listed in critical condition at Central Washington Hospital on Monday, while Vargas was reportedly uninjured.
Mark and Carol Doggett were among scores of adults arrested in the 1994-1995 child sex investigations and were convicted of raping their daughter, Meghan.
They were sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison, but the state Court of Appeals overturned their convictions in 1997.
Associated Press
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