Three family pets died Tuesday during a house fire in Tacoma.
Three family pets died Tuesday during a house fire in Tacoma.
Firefighters were called at 12:26 p.m. to a home in the 1200 block of South Verde Street. The homeowners were not home at the time of the blaze, which is believed to have started in the kitchen after combustibles on the stove burst into flames.
A dog and two cats were unable to escape the fire.
Damages were estimated at $50,000, Tacoma fire spokesman Joe Meinecke said.
stacia.glenn@thenewstribune.com
There were not one, but two fires at a Tacoma home Thursday.
A fire that damaged a vacant Tacoma house early Sunday was started by transients trying to keep warm or cook food, the Tacoma Fire Department said Monday.
A house fire in Tacoma that severely injured two people Tuesday also caused an estimated $65,000 in damages, the Tacoma Fire Department reported.
Tacoma firefighters and medics are responding to a house fire near South 45th and Fawcett.
A fire at a Tacoma home Saturday evening caused an estimated $138,000 in damages, the Fire Department reported Monday.
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