Four people, including a child and a baby, were found dead after a house was engulfed in flames and the front door was blocked, local police said.
According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), at around 8:40 a.m. PDT Saturday, an 11-year-old child reported a death to police at her home in the Wallingford, Washington, neighborhood of Seattle.
The child reportedly told police she climbed out of a window of a home on North 48th Street, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz told a news conference with local media shortly after the incident. , ran to the neighbor’s house for help.
this SPD published on X, formerly on Twitter, said police were responding to a shooting that took place Saturday morning, but upon arriving at the scene, officers found the residence engulfed in flames. Diaz said he could not confirm whether anyone in the home had been shot.
Weekly newspaper The SPD and the Seattle Fire Department were emailed Saturday night for comment.
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Diaz said that within five minutes of the child calling 911, officers arrived at the home but were unable to open the front door and realized the house was on fire.
“We do know that the front door was blocked by some kind of object, and the police tried to kick it down to open the front door,” Diaz said. “There was also a fire at the time. So, they were drowned in smoke, so they eventually retreated, and it was in the That’s when we started working with the fire department.”
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) firefighters have been called and the incident has been escalated, Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Chief Harold Scoggins said in a news conference shared online by local radio station A two-stage fire. Fox 13 Seattle. Scoggins said the fire was contained around 9:40 a.m. and crews were able to enter the home.
After entering the home, police and firefighters conducted a “thorough” search and found the bodies of two adults, one in the front and one in the back, Scoggins said. The bodies of babies, children and dogs were also found at homes near Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, the fire chief said.
Diaz said the four people found dead appeared to be living in the burned-out residence, but he could not confirm any other details, including names or ages. The police chief said the cause of death of both adults and children will be determined once the medical examiner completes the autopsy.
The 11-year-old who called 911 also appeared to be a resident of the home, Diaz said, adding that he could not provide any other information about the child, including whether she was related to the deceased.
The police chief said they were still working to find family members to care for the child, and said that while she was “safe,” the Social Police Service was working to help provide the child with resources to cope with the ordeal.
“It’s traumatizing for anyone who calls 911 and says, you know, someone in the house may have died,” Diaz said, adding that the Social Police Department is “working with that kid to determine what happened. “.
The fire severely damaged the front of the home and it took firefighters about 45 minutes to get it under control, Scroggins said. The fire chief said arson investigators and bomb squads were on the scene investigating the cause of the blaze.
SFD shared a timeline of events Sent to X on Saturday afternoon, it included a photo of a home engulfed in flames.
Brandy Wakayama, Reporter Kings 5 Hotel Seattleshared a video clip on X that showed firefighters struggling to extinguish the blaze, which saw the roofs of homes ablaze.
2 adults, 2 children and a dog are dead in Wallingford in shooting and house fire, @SeattlePD reports. Wakayama post. “An 11-year-old boy fled the home and called 911, police said. This is live video taken by a neighbor shortly after 9am.
