EATONVILLE, Wash. — An electrical spark from static electricity destroyed two antique planes, two classic cars and an airplane hangar at Swanson Airfield in Eatonville.
Bob Hudspeth from Eatonville Fire tells KIRO 7 the plane's owner was draining gas from one of the planes Friday afternoon into a plastic bucket.
That's when static electricity caused a spark, lighting the plane on fire, Hudspeth says.
Hudspeth says the elderly man was able to get out of the hangar and call 9-1-1.
The fire spread to another vintage plane, and two classic cars inside the hangar.
One of the planes was a 1940 J3 Cub, and the other was a custom 1941 Luscomb AD, according to Hudspeth. One of the cars was a 1957 Chevy.
Hudspeth says one of the planes had a cloth skin.
The fire marshal determined the two planes, cars and hangar are a complete loss. The loss is estimated at $340,000.