Man in his 50s and his dog die in North Sound house fire – KIRO 7 News Seattle

It really affected the neighbors. In fact, one of these neighbors left this balloon and these flowers here, outside the house.

We're told nine people and a dog lived here.

But when firefighters arrived, they found only two adults, both in their 50s, and their dog who had perished.

The overcast Saturday in mid-June seemed to match the mood, two people apparently trapped by fire inside their home.

“The flames were in that corner where the part of the roof is,” said Saras Singh, his longtime neighbor.

It was shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday evening. Singh was going out for her daily walk along the path next to the house when she saw the flames.

She saw firefighters remove two adults from the house and perform CPR on one of them.

“I was very emotional,” Singh said, her voice breaking. “I thought about my own grandchildren because they have two little ones. »

Indeed, a passerby saw the smoke, heard what he thought was a baby crying, and tried unsuccessfully to wake up anyone inside.

“So the response was, you know, very large and very rapid,” said Christie Veley, a spokeswoman for the South Snohomish County Fire Department, “as is typical for any type of residential fire.”

She said this meant they could immediately search for potential victims.

“Firefighters entered the house and started searching very quickly and found the two patients who they then rescued,” Veley said.

He was asked if they had found a child? “No, no children have been found,” she said. “It is now believed that a baby's cries were probably actually those of a dog that died in the fire.”

This was painful news everywhere.

“It’s a shame because,” BB Granda said, her voice fading. “I can't imagine at six in the afternoon. How can no one be awake? Especially the dog.

Firefighters have not determined the cause or exact location of the fire.

A spokeswoman said firefighters did not hear smoke alarms, although they did not know if there were any.

But she says it's a reminder to everyone to make sure they have working smoke detectors. They can and do save lives