House fire: A Saturday afternoon fire did extensive damage to a single-story home near here, forcing the couple who was renting the home to find a temporary place to live.
Firefighters responded to the fire at 3:30 p.m. on Sill Road, six miles west of Silvana. When they arrived, fire crews saw “flames coming out of every door and every window,” said Arlington firefighter Al Chamberlain. It took firefighters about 2 1/2 hours to control the blaze.
There were no injuries. A damage estimate was not available Saturday.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The home, built in the 1970s, has a wood stove and firefighters have responded to fires at the house before, Chamberlain said.
Arlington
Sex offender warning: Snohomish County sheriff’s officials issued a public warning Friday about a Level 3 sex offender who will live in the 4100 block of 172nd Street NE in the Arlington area beginning Jan. 31.
Leonard Dean Woody, 42, pleaded guilty in 1979 to communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said. The victim was a 10-year-old girl. In early 1985, Woody committed another sex crime involving a 7-year-old boy, Jorgensen said.
He was civilly committed as a sexually violent predator in late 1991. In November 2000, a court ordered Woody released to a less restrictive alternative placement from the state’s Special Commitment Center.
Both victims were unknown to him.
Woody is white, 5 feet 4 inches, 156 pounds, with green eyes and black hair.
Sheriff’s officials will conduct a community meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Lakewood High School’s theater, 17023 11th Ave. NE, Arlington.
Interested residents or those seeking additional information are urged to attend.
Everett
Crane overturns: Authorities are trying to determine why a crane on a barge overturned into the water near Kimberly-Clark Corp on Tuesday.
The crane was on a barge operated by Caicos Construction of Bainbridge Island to replace some damaged pilings. The crew apparently had just finished working and were repositioning the hammer and raising the boom when the crane tipped over and fell into the water, Port of Everett Executive Director John Mohr said Thursday.
The crane operator managed to escape safely, he said.
Employees of Dunlap Marine Towing Co. deployed a cleanup boom and mopped up spilled fuel Tuesday, Mohr said.
American Construction of Everett had equipment large enough to lift the crane out of the water Wednesday, he said.
No estimate of damage was available.
Edmonds
House fire: A fire Tuesday in the 600 block of Ninth Ave. N. caused an estimated $235,000 in damage, Edmonds fire Lt. Doug Dahl said.
The occupants were away and the fire burned for a considerable time before it was discovered, Dahl said. It burned through the floor in some areas, causing a fire in the crawl space under the house, he said.
From Herald staff reports
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