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Man and 7-year-old daughter killed in Snohomish County house fire KING 5 Staff
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A man and his seven-year-old daughter died in a house fire in Snohomish County on Thursday morning.
Crews were called to the fire in the 2900 block of York Road at about 3:30 a.m., according to South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue spokesperson Leslie Hynes.
The home was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived, and the fire was very fast-moving, according to Hynes.
Crews couldn’t get inside the home and had to fight the fire defensively.
The man and his daughter were found once the fire was put out.
Man and 7-year-old daughter killed in Snohomish County house fire
When crews arrived on scene, the home was fully engulfed in fire. The victims weren’t found until the fire was out. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 6:04 PM PDT April 15, 2021
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. A man and his seven-year-old daughter died in a house fire in Snohomish County on Thursday morning.
Crews were called to the fire in the 2900 block of York Road at about 3:30 a.m., according to South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue spokesperson Leslie Hynes.
The home was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived, and the fire was very fast-moving, according to Hynes.
Washington firefighters worried about staffing shortage due to COVID-19
South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue firefighters respond to a construction accident. (South County Fire Twitter page)
Health care workers in Washington are already facing staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 crisis. Now, the state’s firefighters are worried about the same problem.
Working on the front lines every day means that firefighters frequently have to quarantine for COVID-19 exposure or symptoms. Those who are left at the fire station must work doubly hard to make up the difference.
“That’s creating a lot of holes to fill, because we have staffing requirements, and so people are being forced to work mandatory overtime,” explained Tim Hoover, a South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue firefighter and paramedic who sits on the board of the Washington State Council of Firefighters.