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<br /> I� �y L,EtIJE MOFt�AR7r in the block, Phil Hicks,said this
<br /> was the secord time in the past
<br /> rie�aawmer three weeks that fire had broken
<br /> Lverett firefighters fought a out in abandcned houses.
<br /> two-story house fire in the 3900 Hicks said about three weeks
<br /> block of Colby Aveoue for more ago, an abandoned house on the
<br /> than a hour Sunday evening. west side of Colby in [he 3500
<br /> No one was inJured in the fire block, went up in Flames. The
<br /> et a house that had been aban- �nedd remains of the house still
<br /> doned for a number of years,
<br /> seid Battalion � Chief Tom "That fire wasn't as bad as
<br /> Haugstad. this one," said Babich. "This one
<br /> Haugstad said it is too early to seems to bc burning a lot
<br /> call the fire arson, but said it is stronger and a lot hotter."
<br /> the latest in a number of suspi• Haugstad said it isn't known
<br /> cious fires in the neighborhood. whether[he hvo fires are refated.
<br /> Also Sunday, fireFighters Both remain under investigation.
<br /> responded to a burning pile of And, just as the house fire
<br /> insulation in a parking lot at Sunday evening was being
<br /> Everett High School. brough[ under control, a fire-
<br /> trucks ere at �tlie hou emf or Po ntted toward a olumn of gray
<br /> more than an hour. Flames were smoke bel►owing into the sky ro
<br /> shooting from the second story the noRh.
<br /> of the yellow wood str�dure Haugstad radiced to dispatch
<br /> i when crews ertived ahortly after ertd leamed thet roofing materiel
<br /> S p.m. Windows were covered stacked near Everett High
<br /> with boards and a "Do Not Schcx�l, 2400 Wetmore Ave., was
<br /> Enter" sign hung on the front on fire. Crews had already
<br /> door of the house. arrived there to fight that fire.
<br /> As firefighters did theirjob, a The school fire hurned for
<br /> crowd oF onlookers gathered. more than 30 minu,es before it
<br /> "We were Just out taking our was extinguished.
<br /> evening walk," said Ginny At the same time a third tire
<br /> Babich, a neighbor. "We looked was reported in the 2700 block of
<br /> up and saw it starting up. Colby Ave., but proved to be a
<br /> Babich and another resideN ,false alerm. '
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