Firefighters say they heard a series of small explosions – believed to be from ammunition – while responding to a house fire in Everett.
It happened on Sunday around 7 p.m. on 8th Avenue West.
South County Fire says they found a man in his 40s dead on the first floor, and saved another who was in his 80s from a bedroom on the second floor. They rushed him to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Firefighters had a hard time searching the home because of the large amount of furniture.
The Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
Damage is estimated at about $375,000.
Support 7 and American Red Cross volunteers responded to help residents displaced by the fire.
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