2 children killed in townhouse fire north of Seattle
Posted November 4, 2019 11:33 am.
LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Two children have died and a third was taken to the hospital after a fire engulfed a townhouse in Lynnwood, Washington, just north of Seattle.
KOMO reports two adults and an 11-year-old boy who were also inside the townhome when the fire started Sunday afternoon but were able to get out.
Dispatchers received several calls around 2:40 p.m. of flames coming from the complex.
Leslie Hynes with South Snohomish County Fire said firefighters could see a large column of smoke as they approached the scene and arrived to find flames coming from both floors of a two-story townhome.
The 11-year-old boy who survived was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation but has since been released, Hynes said. Neither of the adults inside was injured.
An investigation continues.