A house fire early Sunday morning in Poulsbo ended with one person dead and another hospitalized, the Poulsbo Fire Department said. Around 12 a.m. on Sunday, first responders received a call that flames were visible in the window of a home in the Lofall area of the town. When personnel from Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue, North Kitsap Fire and Rescue and Navy Region Northwest arrived, they found a “heavy fire consuming the entire front of the residence,” wrote Poulsbo Fire officials on social media.
Prior to fire teams’ arrival, neighbors had helped evacuate one occupant of the home, but the other occupant was still trapped inside. Firefighters began fire suppression tactics and started to search for the other occupant. They found the person, but they had died.
The other occupant of the home was taken to St. Michael’s Medical Center. The Kitsap County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, but preliminary details indicate it may have begun in the northwest corner of the home, in a bedroom.
“This tragic loss serves as a stark reminder of how quickly fire spreads. The Poulsbo Fire Department urges all residents to ensure they have working smoke alarms on every level of their home, inside every bedroom, and outside all sleeping areas,” Poulsbo Fire officials wrote. “Additionally, families are encouraged to practice ‘Close Before You Doze’ by keeping bedroom doors shut at night, and to regularly practice a home fire escape plan.”
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