Investigators say careless
smoking tobacco is to blame for an early morning house fire Friday that caused extensive damage to a home outside of Monroe.
The fire was reported shortly before 2 a.m. in the 18000 block of 117th Street SE, Snohomish.
Flames were crawling over the two-story wood home by the time firefighters arrived, Snohomish County Fire District 3 battalion chief Leroy Schwartz said.
A father was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but did not need to go to the hospital, said Bruce Pulver, a Snohomish County deputy fire marshal. The family was put in contact with the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross for help.
