A man is dead after an overnight house fire tore through a home in Marysville, leaving his wife to escape with no injuries while several family pets remain unaccounted for. Firefighters found the house fully engulfed in flames in the 5500 block of Parkside Drive early Thursday, and the blaze reduced the home to a total loss.
Crews responded at around 1:30 a.m. to reports of the house fully engulfed, according to FOX 13 Seattle. The husband and wife lived in the home, and while the woman was able to evacuate uninjured, her husband was found dead inside, as reported by HeraldNet. KOMO News reported that the couple's pets, including birds, cats and a dog, were also missing after the fire.
Fire Took About An Hour To Bring Under Control
The fire took about an hour to extinguish, per the same HeraldNet account. The home is considered a complete loss, with estimated damages reaching $500,000, the station's report notes.
No firefighters were injured during the response, according to the same source. Firefighters from at least seven other Snohomish County fire departments responded to help control the blaze, the outlet reported.
Cause Of The Blaze Remains Unclear
Fire marshals will work to determine the origin and cause of the fire, per the same account. No further details on what sparked the flames have been released.
The overnight tragedy echoes an earlier blaze in north Marysville, where a house fire destroyed a home and was declared a total loss in April 2021, according to HeraldNet's past coverage. In that fire, eight people escaped uninjured, though two dogs and a cat died and another dog and two cats were left unaccounted for, with damage estimated at $450,000, the outlet reported at the time.
