Everett firefighters stopped an early-morning fire from spreading inside a mixed-use building with businesses and apartments along West Casino Road.
Everett firefighters stopped an early-morning fire from spreading inside a mixed-use building with businesses and apartments along West Casino Road.
Crews responded to 510 W. Casino Road around 2:50 a.m. Friday after a fire alarm went off at the property. Several people who called 911 reported a dumpster fire burning next to the building and said people were trying to put it out with fire extinguishers.
Everett Fire Department Engine 6 arrived within three minutes of the first 911 call and found the trash compactor area and a large stack of cardboard on fire. The flames had already spread to the building’s exterior siding.
Everett firefighters stopped an early-morning fire from spreading inside a mixed-use building with businesses and apartments along West Casino Road. (Everett Fire Department)Additional firefighters arrived and worked to extinguish the flames while checking the first and second floors to make sure the fire had not spread into the residential areas.
Crews had the fire extinguished and began checking for remaining hot spots within about 10 minutes.
The fire damaged the trash compactor enclosure and the building’s exterior siding. No injuries were reported.
The Everett Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause.
South County Fire also assisted at the scene.
