Eight waterfront homes along Hood Canal have been evacuated due to a fire and a landslide that has destabilized the hillside and pushed trees into at least one home, emergency officials said.
Firefighters initially responded to the scene, a cluster of homes on Seclusion Cove about seven miles north of Poulsbo, at around 5 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a fire in a boathouse and an RV there, said an official with Poulsbo Fire Department.
When crews arrived, they also found that the hillside above the homes was sliding, so they couldn't reach the burning boathouse with their equipment. A fireboat had to be called in to battle the flames.
Meanwhile, crews evacuated eight waterfront homes there due to the slide, which had destabilized the road leading to the cove. The mudslide was estimated to measure about 150 feet wide and about 200 feet long.