Man suffers smoke inhalation in house fire

LYNNWOOD – A man was being treated for smoke inhalation after his house caught fire Thursday.

Elizabeth Armstrong / The Herald Smoke rises through the fog in the 17800 block of 32nd Avenue W. in Lynnwood. Fire Marshall LeRoy McNulty (left) describes the early morning fire to Paul McIntyre of Lynnwood Public Works. In 1978, McIntyre visited the property to consider buying a Mercury Cyclone GT which was destroyed in the fire. The car is to the left in the photo. The fire was called in at 5:58 a.m. by the homeowner who saw flames near a space heater in the living room. The rural location made it a challenge to reach the fire, and firemen were unable to enter the building because the roof had collapsed.

The man, in his 70s, told firefighters that he woke up and saw a ring of flames around a portable heater in the living room. The fire was reported just before 6 a.m. in the 17800 block of 32nd Avenue.

The man attempted to smother the fire and put it out with a bucket of water but his efforts were not successful, Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said.

The house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The roof collapsed, and the two-story house was destroyed, Hynes said.

The county chapter of the American Red Cross was providing emergency shelter, food, clothing and household items for the man.

Marysville: Fire destroys mobile home

A single-wide mobile home was destroyed by fire early Thursday.

The fire was reported about 12:50 a.m. in the 7400 block of 14th Avenue NE. The resident was not home at the time of the blaze, Marysville fire battalion chief Martin McFalls said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

From Herald staff reports