Four-alarm fire damages Yakima duplexes causing $1.5 M in damage KIRO 7 News Staff © Provided by KIRO Seattle
Two duplexes in Yakima were heavily damaged by a four-alarm fire early Saturday, resulting in $1.5 million in damage, firefighters said.
A Yakima Fire Department crew was called at about 12:45 a.m. to 3 Burning Tree Drive, where firefighters saw flames shooting from two multistory residences.
Crews then called in a second alarm and checked to make sure everyone had gotten out.
Firefighters said nearby vegetation and “wood-shake roofs” helped fuel the fire as they worked to contain it. Several blocks away, a fire had also started at another residence due to embers that had traveled through the air, which a Yakima fire crew was able to put out.
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The Yakima Fire Department is investigating a fatal fire reported at 1609 Fruitvale Blvd. Firefighters were called to the scene at about midnight Wednesday. When they arrived they found a mobile home on fire. After dousing the flames they found a 57-year-old woman dead in the home. An investigation is underway but authorities say they believe it was an accidental fire and no foul play was involved. The woman s name has not been released. An investigation is underway.
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