Kitsap County authorities investigating cause of fire that left father, daughter dead

Kitsap County investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire early Saturday that left a 40-year-old man and his 9-year-old daughter dead.

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said someone in the Port Orchard home called 911, but by the time firefighters arrived, the house was engulfed in flames.

“There were several people inside the home; most of them made it out,” a KCSO spokesperson told KIRO Newsradio. “Nine-year-old girl and her 40-year-old father didn’t make it out, and that’s what’s under investigation now, a death investigation to determine just what happened inside the home.”

A lack of water pressure from nearby fire hydrants forced South Kitsap Fire and Rescue to send in multiple water trucks.

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office investigation

However, what caused the fire is unknown.

“There’s no indication at this point that fireworks were involved, but the Kitsap County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, so they’ll be the ones to determine that,” the KCSO spokesperson said.

Detectives are also working to figure out why other people managed to evacuate, but the father and daughter did not.

“What they gotta do now is interview everybody who’s inside the home and determine what was going on, so they can find out whether or not these people were in a place where they got trapped for some reason or something else just happened as the family was trying to evacuate the house,” the spokesperson explained.

A medical examiner will determine the father and daughter’s cause of death.

Contributing: Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest

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