Mobile home fire in Kenmore - homeowner awakened by smoke alarm

The Northshore Fire Department was dispatched at 10:27a.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2012, to a structure fire in a mobile home located in the 7300 block of NE 175 Street.  

The homeowner was asleep when she was awakened by the sound of her smoke alarm.  She saw smoke and flames coming from the spare bedroom, exited through the back door and immediately called 911.  Due to the early notification of the smoke alarm and the quick actions of the homeowner, the Northshore firefighters were able to contain and extinguish the fire very rapidly.

Upon arrival, firefighters saw smoke coming from the mobile home.  They attacked the fire offensively by entering through the front door and they were able to contain the damage to a small area in the bedroom/office. The fire was under control in approximately 5 minutes.  

The Northshore Fire Marshal discovered that the homeowner had left a lit candle on a table when she took a nap.  The fire was determined to be accidental and the estimated fire damage is $5,000.00.  There were no firefighter or civilian injuries.

In 2011, the Northshore Fire Department completed a community risk reduction program in the mobile home parks located in the fire district.  Fire department staff and volunteers went door-to-door installing new smoke alarms where needed and ensuring that all existing smoke alarms were operating properly.

Test your smoke alarms monthly, replace batteries annually and install new smoke alarms every ten years.  This homeowner owes her life to having a working smoke alarm.