Two injured in Meadowdale fire
Lynnwood, Wash., April 17, 2021 – Two people were seriously injured in an early morning house fire in the Meadowdale area north of Edmonds. It took firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control. The Red Cross is assisting the residents displaced by the fire as the house is a total loss. Neighbors […]
Two dead in house fire near Mukilteo
Mukilteo, Wash., April 16, 2021 – A 42-year-old man and his 7-year-old daughter died early Thursday morning in a house fire near Mukilteo. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 3:25 a.m. reporting smoke and flames coming from a house in the 2800 block of York Road. The house located at the end of a long […]
Two-alarm fire heavily damages Brier home
By Leslie Hynes, Public Information Officer | South County Fire Brier, Wash., March 25, 2021 – Yesterday a two-alarm fire at a Brier home caused more than $300,000 in damage and displaced four adults. The fire was reported by a resident at 4:11 p.m. at the two-story house in the 3900 block of 237th Pl. […]
Fire destroys abandoned house in Edmonds
By South County Fire | Press Release EDMONDS, Wash., January 14, 2021 – No one was injured in an early morning fire, January 14, that destroyed an abandoned house in Edmonds. A neighbor called 911 at 1:07 a.m. and reported 20-foot flames coming from the two-story house in the 8800 block of 232nd Pl. SW. […]
Quick thinking saves Lynnwood home from Christmas tree fire
By Mario Lotmore | Lynnwood Times Staff Lynnwood, Wash. (January 2, 2021) – Today around 4:30 p.m., South County Fire responded to a call of a Christmas tree fire in a Spruce Park neighborhood home in Lynnwood. As the tree burned, the homeowner sprung into action by quickly removing the tree and placing it outside […]
Suspect arrested Saturday after shooting at deputies during a pursuit in South County
MILL CREEK, Wash. – A 37-year-old Lake Stevens man was taken into custody around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night after shooting at deputies during a pursuit and burglarizing a residence. At approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday, a deputy attempted to stop a passenger vehicle for suspicion of DUI near the 300 block of 128th Street SW. The […]
Lynnwood man dies in mobile home fire
By South County Fire Lynnwood, Wash., Oct. 7, 2020 — A man died in a mobile home fire in Lynnwood last night. Two other residents – a man and a woman – safely escaped. They went to a neighbor’s house to call 911 to report the fire in the 3800 block of 164th Street SW. […]
Family of six safely escapes duplex fire thanks to smoke alarms
Family of six safely escapes duplex fire thanks to smoke alarmsBy Leslie Hynes | South County Fire | Republished by Lynnwood Times Lynnwood, Wash., August 27, 2020 — A family of six safely escaped a duplex fire north of Lynnwood early this morning after being awakened by their smoke alarms. The fire was reported at […]
Family, community, and a desire to serve propelled new fire chief Thad Hovis to position
Family, community, and a desire to serve propelled new fire chief Thad Hovis to positionBy Alec Dietz | Lynnwood Times Staff In late January, Thad Hovis, then the Assistant Chief of Operations at South County Fire, received a call with news all the way down from the CDC. The first known positive COVID-19 patient had […]
Massive fire ignites at Everett’s Waterfront Place
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Updated at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21. EVERETT, WA, July 17- A large fire sparked at Fisherman Harbor Thursday evening, engulfing the Waterfront Place Apartments under construction into flames. At 5:43 p.m., the Everett Fire Department received notice of a fire at 1300 West Marine View Drive […]
