MALTBY — Fire destroyed a Maltby home Friday morning.
No one was injured battling the blaze, which was reported just before 11 a.m. in the 20100 block of 43rd Avenue SE, said Janet Jaeger, Snohomish County Fire District 7 battalion chief.
Someone driving by saw flames and called 911, she said. No one was home.
Firefighters arrived to find the two-story, split-level home engulfed in flames, Jaeger said.
“It was truly fully involved on arrival,” she said. “We extinguished it pretty quickly.”
The Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.
Everett: Teen in hospital after crash
A Lynnwood teenager allegedly driving without a license was hospitalized Friday after a collision with a motorcycle on I-5.
The accident occurred about 2 p.m. on northbound I-5 near 128th Street SW, Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said.
The car and motorcycle bumped into each other in the center lane, he said.
The car spun out and the driver, 17, suffered a sore neck. The motorcycle rider, 26, also of Lynnwood, was unhurt.
Charges against the teenager are pending.
Traffic through the area was slowed as police investigated.
From Herald staff reports
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