Everett woman dies of burns following fire
EVERETT – An Everett woman badly burned in a house fire Monday afternoon has died, police said.
Witnesses saw the woman run out of a townhouse complex on 124th Street SE in a ball of flame. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Police did not release the woman’s name and the King County Medical Examiner’s Office said an investigation into the woman’s death is under investigation.
Investigators said the blaze caused about $300,000 damage to four adjacent townhouse units, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
They ruled the cause of the fire arson, she said. Investigators believe this is an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the neighborhood.
A man who lived in the building also was injured and treated at Harborview, she said. His condition was not known. A young girl who was in the house at the time of the fire was unharmed.
The Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating with assistance from the sheriff’s department, Hover said. The sheriff’s office is called on anytime people are seriously injured in a fire.
The fire displaced 10 people and the Red Cross is providing assistance.
Freeland: Whidbey accident victim named
A 47-year-old Greenbank woman died Monday night in an accident on Highway 525 north of Freeland, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Karen Gervais died after an Oregon driver crossed the centerline twice, striking two vehicles, the State Patrol reported.
The report said Randi Shelton, 35, of Hillsboro, Ore., was southbound about 6:45 p.m. when she swerved across the road, hit a van driven by a Puyallup man before striking Gervais’ van and sending it into the guardrail. The Puyallup man was not injured, the report said.
Police are investigating whether alcohol was involved, the report said.
Snohomish: Motorcycle accident injures man
An Everett man is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday after he crashed his motorcycle on Highway 9 Monday night.
Daniel Liebler, 38, ran into a stopped pickup truck about 9:10 p.m. about 31/2 miles south of Snohomish, according to a State Patrol report.
Liebler was airlifted to Harborview where he remains in intensive care, said Susan Gregg-Hanson, a hospital spokeswoman.
The 17-year-old driver of the truck was not hurt, the report said. Police are investigating whether speed was a factor in the crash.
From Herald staff reports
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