Kennewick company to aid house fire victim

Kennewick-based 1st Choice Restoration is rebuilding the home of a Moses Lake woman whose house was damaged by fire earlier this week.

The woman's 16- and 17-year-old daughters are under investigation for attempted murder as a result of the Wednesday blaze.

Moses Lake police Capt. Dave Ruffin said one or both of the girls lit a piece of paper on fire and dropped it on gasoline they had poured on the floor outside a bathroom their mother was in.

The woman was alerted by smoke detectors and put out the fire before authorities arrived. There were no injuries.

"Our primary goal is to help her rebuild her home and to help her any way that we can during this process," said Elizabeth Smith, spokeswoman for 1st Choice Restoration, in a news release.

"We are here to assist this woman who not only had a fire in her home, but is facing a crisis in her family."

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A 71-year-old woman severely burned Sunday when a fire started in her room at Cedars Inn and Suites in Kennewick remained in critical condition Monday at a Seattle hospital.

The Yakima woman, whose name was not released, apparently was smoking in bed when her bedding and clothing caught fire, said Kennewick police and fire officials.

She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where another woman who was burned in a recent Kennewick fire is improving.

At least 15 dogs die in house fire outside Benton City (w/ gallery)

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An estimated 16 small dogs appear to have perished in a house fire Saturday afternoon about six miles west of Benton City.

A woman, who was in her 60s, tried to go back into her rental home at 26004 251 Private Road to rescue the dogs, but neighbor Mary Bramer said her husband and son prevented the woman from re-entering the home.

The neighbors said they feared the woman would not be able to survive her attempt to save the dogs.

UPDATE: Tri-City woman still hospitalized after fire

UPDATE: Tri-City woman still hospitalized after fire

The woman who climbed out the window of a burning mobile home Monday morning remains today in a Seattle hospital.

Aireen C. Upton, 49, was flown to Harborview Medical Center on Monday after suffering burns and smoke inhalation in the fire that apparently killed her mother.

Kennewick police released Upton’s name this morning. The name of the woman who died in the early morning blaze has not been officially released pending her autopsy today, said Sgt. Ken Lattin.

UPDATE: Mother, daughter believed victims of Kennewick house fire

UPDATE: Mother, daughter believed victims of Kennewick house fire

Investigators still are trying to confirm the identity of the woman killed early this morning in a Kennewick mobile home fire, but believe she is the mother of the victim who escaped the blaze.

Benton County Coroner John Hansens said the resident is an Asian woman in her mid-60s, and her daughter had been spending a lot of time there. The vehicles found in front of the home are the ones both women are said to drive, he said.

A positive ID on the woman likely won’t be known until the autopsy is completed Tuesday, Hansens said.

Investigators still trying to find cause of fatal fire

Investigators still trying to find cause of fatal fire

Investigators still are searching for the cause of Monday's mobile home fire that killed a Kennewick woman and severely injured her daughter.

Nothing suspicious has been found, said Kennewick police Sgt. Ken Lattin, and everything appears to point to the fire being accidental.

Fire investigators, however, continue sifting through the charred rubble at 4815 W. Clearwater Ave., No. 35, to try to pinpoint an area of origin or cause of the early morning blaze.

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