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. >>> PART OF A MASSIVE PROJECT
TO REDEVELOP THE PORT OF
EVERETT TROYED IN A MATTER OF
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. FIRE RIPPED THROUGH TWO
CONSTRUCTION SITES ALONG THE
WATERFRONT.
WATERFRONT. IT WAS PART OF AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX SET TO OPEN NEXT
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. I'M GREG COPELAND.
>> I'M JESSICA JANNER CASTRO.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
OF THAT FIRE.
KING5'S BRIT MOORER AND TED
LAND BOTH ON THE WATERFRONT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO FIRST TO BRIT
WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT
HAPPENED THERE, BRIT?
>> REPORTER: OF THE FOUR
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
WE KNOW TWO OF THEM HAVE BURNED
DOWN, WE ALSO KNOW ONE
FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED WHILE
BATTLING THIS FIRE.
MINOR INJURIES WE'RE TOLD THEY
HAD SOME SORT OF SLIGHT BURN TO
THEIR HAND.
THEIR HAND. BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT.
YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE FIRE
CREWS STILL HERE SPRAYING WATER
ON THE STRUCTURE JUST TO MAKE
SURE ALL THE HOT SPOTS ARE OUT.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THIS
LOOKED LIKE A SHORT TIME AGO.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SHARED WITH
US FROM A MAN WHO WAS ON HIS
BOAT NEAR THIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX WHEN IT WENT UP IN
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. HUGE FLAMES COULD BE SEEN FROM
MILES AWAY AS THE FIRE RIPPED
THROUGH THE FOUR-STORY
STRUCTURES.
STRUCTURES. WE KNOW THIS 4-ALARM FIRE
STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE 6:00.
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION WHICH OF COURSE
MEANT BUILDING MATERIALS AND
THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WENT UP IN
FLAMES RATHER QUICKLY.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS
CONSTRUCTION SITE, EMBERS FROM
THE FIRE BLEW OVER TO THE
HILLSIDE AND CAUGHT SOME HOMES
ON FIRE AS WELL.
NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT RED ODOM
HAD TO SAY WHEN HE NOTICED THE
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. >> I HEARD SOME NOISE SOME
UNUSUAL NOISE AND LOOKED OUT
AND SAW THE EARLY BEGINNINGS OF
THIS FIRE, I WAS TOTALLY
AMAZED.
AMAZED.
AMAZED. AND OF COURSE I DIALED 911
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. >> YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY VERY
DIFFICULT TO MISS THIS FIRE.
IT WAS JUST SO LARGE.
THE FLAMES WERE VERY HIGH.
SO YOU COULD SEE THEM FROM
MILES AWAY.
MILES AWAY. RIGHT NOW, FIRE CREWS REMAIN
HERE ON THE SCENE.
I'M TOLD THEY'LL BE OUT HERE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT JUST TO
MAKE SURE THIS FIRE IS IN FACT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. BUT
OUT. BUT FOR NOW, I'LL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU ALL IN THE STUDIO.
>> OKAY, BRIT, THANK YOU FOR
THAT REPORT.
THAT REPORT. WE ALSO SAW IMAGES LIKE THIS,
PEOPLE WORKING TO PROTECT THEIR
OWN LAWNS AND HOMES AFTER THOSE
EMBERS JUMPED THE ROAD.
TED LAND IS LIVE FOR US IN
EVERETT.
EVERETT.
EVERETT. HE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
AND TED, YOU SPOKE TO SOME OF
THOSE NEIGHBORS, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND I'M
ACTUALLY SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE MAIN CENTER OF THE
FIRE WHERE YOU JUST SAW BRIT.
AND GLOWING EMBERS WERE
DRIFTING OVER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AND RAINING DOWN ON HOMES.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SIZE
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. THERE'S BIG CHUNKS OF CHARCOAL
NOW LITTERING A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
FRONT YARDS.
FRONT YARDS. ONE OF THESE LANDED ON A HOUSE
NEARBY.
NEARBY.
NEARBY. WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THAT.
IT BURNED THROUGH THE ROOF INTO
THE ATTIC.
THE ATTIC. AND FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO RUSH
OVER THERE.
OVER THERE. MANY OF THEM WERE DOWN ON THE
WATERFRONT FIGHTING THE FIRE.
BUT THEY CAME UP HERE TO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD TO FOCUS THEIR
ATTENTION ON THAT HOME AND
POTENTIALLY SOME OTHERS THAT
MIGHT HAVE GONE UP IN FLAMES.
THEY WERE ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN
THOSE FLAMES VERY QUICKLY, THAT
HOUSE JUST HAS SOME WATER
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. WE SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. TAKE A LISTEN.
.
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. >> JUST
. >> JUST THE EMBERS WERE ON THE
ROOF.
ROOF.
ROOF. AND
ROOF. AND YOU COULD SEE FLAMES AND
THE NEIGHBORS WERE COMING OUT
WITH HOSES AND EVERYONE WAS
BRINGING AS MANY HOSES AS THEY
CAN UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
GOT HERE.
GOT HERE.
GOT HERE. >> GOD PROVIDES, AND WE GOT MY
BIBLE OUT, MY GRANDMA'S THINGS
AND HI GRAND KIDS AND
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. SO WE JUST PRAISED THE LORD.
BUT WE WERE ALL OKAY.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. AND
HERE. AND SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED.
>> AND AGAIN, MINOR DAMAGE,
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE
THAT HOUSE, BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF WATT UR DAMAGE INSIDE.
A NEIGHBOR EVEN CAME BY AND
GAVE THAT WOMAN A PAIR OF
SHOES, THAT'S HOW QUICKLY SHE
HAD TO GET OUT OF HER HOUSE, ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE HOMES,
THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE FOCUSING
THEIR ATTENTION TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT HILLSIDE DIDN'T GO UP
IN FIRE, BUT TONIGHT THEY'RE
PACKING UP AND HEADING HOME.
THEY DID A GOOD JOB UP HERE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. TED LAND, KING5 NEWS.
>>> WOW, TED, THANK YOU FOR
THAT REPORT.
THAT REPORT. AMAZING TO SEE THE SIZE OF THE
EMBERS TOO.
EMBERS TOO. SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD CUT POWER
TO PEOPLE IN NORTH EVERETT AND
ALONG THE WATERFRONT AROUND
7:00 TONIGHT.
7:00 TONIGHT. WE'RE TOLD RIGHT NOW, JUST OVER