House burns; body found
South King County firefighters found a body inside a Des Moines house that was destroyed by fire early Monday.
The fire started in a rambler at 4:20 a.m. in the 1400 block of South 276th Street, said South King Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Donna Conner.
Four people lived at the house, and neighbors told firefighters they were all at home, Conner said. Three occupants were sent to hospitals with injuries from the blaze, and investigators found a fourth person dead inside the home, though they could not confirm it was the fourth resident.
The identification of the body will have to be done by the King County Medical Examiner, Conner said.
The fire also killed two dogs.
The cause of the fire had not been determined, Conner said. The home is considered a total loss.
- Seattle Times staff