WOODINVILLE, Wash. — One person was killed, and another escaped through a bedroom window after a house caught fire in the Woodinville area early Monday morning.
Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue said firefighters were dispatched at around 2 a.m. to reports of a kitchen fire at a single-family home on Little Bear Creek Road.
The homeowners woke up to find a fire in the kitchen that was spreading rapidly. One resident called 911 from a bedroom and, following instructions from emergency dispatchers, escaped safely through a bedroom window.
While crews were responding, firefighters learned a second person was still trapped inside the home.
When firefighters arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames. Crews began fighting the fire while simultaneously searching for the missing occupant.
Firefighters found the person inside the home and brought them outside, but the person had died.
Fire officials said crews were able to contain the fire to the home and prevent it from spreading to neighboring houses.
The Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.