Cigarette blamed for deadly Edmonds fire
Oct 11, 2012, 6:45 AM | Updated: 8:06 am
A lit cigarette is being blamed for a fire that killed a 40-year-old Edmonds man Wednesday afternoon.
“The investigators suspect that the resident fell asleep while he was smoking a cigarette,” says Leslie Hynes with the Snohomish County Fire District 1.
The fire, which broke out in the second floor unit, damaged four apartments at the three-story Edmonds Highlands Apartments complex on the 23300 block of Edmonds Way, according to Hynes. Damage is estimated at $550,000.
The victim has not been identified.
Hynes says the fire forced 11 residents from their homes. She says they don’t have insurance and the Red Cross is helping them out.
KIRO Reporter Seth Keller contributed to this report.
