At least seven people were left homeless Monday morning as flames swept through a four-plex in Kent, fire officials said.
Fiefighters responded to the scene, in the 8400 block of 266th Street, at about 1:15 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames coming from the residential building, said Randy Droppert of the Kent Regional Fire Authority.
When crews arrived, the four-plex was fully ablaze. Fortunately, all occupants of the four-plex had managed to escape safely and no one was injured.
Firefighters were able to contain the blaze and extinguish it, but damage to the building is extensive. Droppert said the fire appears to have started on a second floor balcony of the two-story building. The fire is still under investigation and no estimate of the loss has been made.