MILL CREEK, December 16, 2023—South County Fire reports that one man was injured in an apartment fire early Saturday morning in Mill Creek.
The fire was reported just before 2:15 a.m. on December 16 at the Ardent Apartments in the 1100 block of Mill Creek Blvd. Witnesses report flames shooting up the side of the two-story building with an injured man outside when the first South County Fire crew arrived.
The man was taken by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life-threatening injuries. There were no other reports of injured persons; however, Support 7 and Red Cross are assisting at least three displaced residents.
South County Fire received assistance from Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue and had the fire under control within 30 minutes.
A total of four apartment units were damaged in the fire and the cause is still under investigation.
