According to a report from KING5, a father and his seven-year-old daughter were killed in a house fire in Snohomish County, Washington, on Thursday morning.
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue crews arrived to the fire in the 2900 block of York Road at about 3:30 a.m., according to spokesperson Leslie Hynes. Hynes said that, on arrival, the home was fully engulfed in flames, and the fire was very fast-moving.
Crews were unable to enter the home and had to go to a defensive stance. The man and his daughter were discovered once the fire was extinguished.
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