Man dies from injuries suffered in house fire with explosions west of the Narrows
Update as of 5:45 p.m.: Key Peninsula Fire spokesperson Anne Nesbit said the father died from his injuries Thursday afternoon. The daughter is being discharged, she said.
Officials have not yet released the names of the victims.
Initial post: Key Peninsula Fire put out a residential fire with explosions around 11 p.m. Wednesday near Palmer Lake.
“It was fully involved and a very hot fire,” Anne Nesbit, public information officer for the department told the Gateway Thursday morning.
When crews arrived on scene in the 1600 block of Lake Drive Southwest, they found a father and daughter suffering from burns, according to Nesbit and the agency’s Facebook post. Nesbit didn’t know their ages.
“With help from our partners at Gig Harbor Fire and Airlift Northwest, one patient was flown to Harborview and the other transported to Tacoma General,” the Facebook post said.
The couple had two dogs that went missing during the incident.
Although there’s no confirmation yet, Nesbit said crews fear the pets are deceased.
Nesbit added they looked for the dogs Thursday morning and haven’t seen them.
Multiple people in the area said on Facebook that they felt the shock from the explosion.
The cause of the fire remains undetermined at this time.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
This story was originally published July 6, 2023 at 11:56 AM.
