Crime & Safety
Arrest Made After Explosion, Fire At Edmonds Home
The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to fire officials.
EDMONDS, WA - Police have arrested a 65-year-old Woodway man in connection to an explosion and fire that occurred at a home here early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters responded to a fire at a home along the 9200 block of 224th Street around 3:30 a.m. A number of neighbors in the area called 911 after hearing an explosion, police said. Firefighters and police arrived to find the home's garage engulfed in flames; firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in about 20 minutes.
Neighbors told police that the home was vacant, and provided police with surveillance video showing a car leaving the scene after the fire. Police tracked the car to a home in Woodway, where the 65-year-old son of the owner of the fire-damaged Edmonds home lives.
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Here's a still frame of neighbor's cam that caught #Edmonds explosion. Update on how it helped catch suspect- @KIRO7Seattle at 5:15 pic.twitter.com/XYBm2ESEYk
— Joanna Small (@JoannaKIRO7) March 1, 2017
Police say that the 65-year-old smelled of gasoline and had matches in his pocket. He was arrested and booked into the Snohomish County Jail on suspicion of arson.
No one was injured in the fire. The home is located about one block north of SR 104 where it meets 228th Street Southwest.
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