EVERETT -
Firefighters in Snohomish County had a busy night on this Independence Day -- with three fireworks-related house fires and at least three people hurt by fireworks.
No one was hurt in any of the house fires. All of the fires broke out after ten p.m, in unincorporated areas of the county.
"Firefighters were busy all day with brush and grass fires," said Leslie Hynes of Snohomish County Fire District 1. "These calls picked up as the sun went down. We also responded to a serious fireworks injury, and then came the three house fires."
The first house fire was reported by a passerby at 10:19 p.m. at a home north of Lynnwood on 44th Ave. W.
"Flames were coming from the back of the split-level house when firefighters arrived," Hynes said.
Neighbors said the house had been vacant for some time. Fire crews found no one inside.
The loss is estimated at $60,000.
Firefighters had the fire under control and were just beginning to mop up hot spots at around eleven p.m., when a call came in for a house fire east of the city of Everett, on 105th Pl. S.E.
The homeowners - two women - and a guest were inside wathcing T-V and smelled smoke. When they found their roof was on fire, they called 911.
The fire burned a large portion of the attic and roof of the two-story home. Other areas of the house sustained water damage. The loss is estimated at $150,000.
While crews were still fighting hot spots, they got word of yet another house fire - what turned out to be the largest fire of the night, just two miles to the north.
At 12:45 a.m., neighbors of a 4,600-square-foot home east of the city of Everett on 36th Ave. S.E. called to report it had caught fire.
The cedar-shake roof and the attic was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The house was already so heavily damaged, crews could not enter the structure, so they attacked the fire from outside the home.
No one was home at the time of the fire. The loss is estimated at least $1 million.
Firefighters from Fire Districts 1 and 7, Mukilteo and Lynnwood responded to the fires.
"Some engine companies just went from one fire to the next," Hynes said.
Investigators from the Snohomish County Fire Marshal's office determined all three fires were caused by fireworks.
Fire District 1 also responded to at least three fireworks-related injuries.
The most serious injury happened when a passenger in a car driving through in the Mariner neighborhood hit a man and a woman walking near 124th St. S.W. and Gibson Road with firework that was tossed from a passing car.
The man's leg was badly hurt when the firework exploded. The woman was also hurt. Both were taken by medics to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.
No one was hurt in any of the house fires. All of the fires broke out after ten p.m, in unincorporated areas of the county.
"Firefighters were busy all day with brush and grass fires," said Leslie Hynes of Snohomish County Fire District 1. "These calls picked up as the sun went down. We also responded to a serious fireworks injury, and then came the three house fires."
The first house fire was reported by a passerby at 10:19 p.m. at a home north of Lynnwood on 44th Ave. W.
"Flames were coming from the back of the split-level house when firefighters arrived," Hynes said.
Neighbors said the house had been vacant for some time. Fire crews found no one inside.
The loss is estimated at $60,000.
Firefighters had the fire under control and were just beginning to mop up hot spots at around eleven p.m., when a call came in for a house fire east of the city of Everett, on 105th Pl. S.E.
The homeowners - two women - and a guest were inside wathcing T-V and smelled smoke. When they found their roof was on fire, they called 911.
The fire burned a large portion of the attic and roof of the two-story home. Other areas of the house sustained water damage. The loss is estimated at $150,000.
While crews were still fighting hot spots, they got word of yet another house fire - what turned out to be the largest fire of the night, just two miles to the north.
At 12:45 a.m., neighbors of a 4,600-square-foot home east of the city of Everett on 36th Ave. S.E. called to report it had caught fire.
The cedar-shake roof and the attic was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The house was already so heavily damaged, crews could not enter the structure, so they attacked the fire from outside the home.
No one was home at the time of the fire. The loss is estimated at least $1 million.
Firefighters from Fire Districts 1 and 7, Mukilteo and Lynnwood responded to the fires.
"Some engine companies just went from one fire to the next," Hynes said.
Investigators from the Snohomish County Fire Marshal's office determined all three fires were caused by fireworks.
Fire District 1 also responded to at least three fireworks-related injuries.
The most serious injury happened when a passenger in a car driving through in the Mariner neighborhood hit a man and a woman walking near 124th St. S.W. and Gibson Road with firework that was tossed from a passing car.
The man's leg was badly hurt when the firework exploded. The woman was also hurt. Both were taken by medics to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.
