A small bedroom fire caused about $25,000 in damages to a Kent home at about 1:15 p.m. on Friday in the 12900 block of Southeast 257th Street on the East Hill.
A neighbor called 911 to report smoke from an upstairs window and that nobody is home, according to a Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority media release.
Firefighters arrived within five minutes and reported smoke but no flames visible from the upstairs window. Fire crews forced entry into the home and quickly extinguished the fire. Crews searched for hidden fire but found none.
A fire investigator determined the cause to be an unattended flame which ignited nearby combustibles and ruled the cause as accidental. Smoke and heat damage was limited to the one bedroom.
The fire didn’t displace the family. Nobody was injured.
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