Update: Condo Unit had Disabled Smoke Detector; Resident has Life-Threatening Injuries

Update, 9:45 a.m. Sunday, April 21: An Edmonds man in his 60s is at Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after a Sunday morning kitchen fire with a disabled fire alarm in his condo unit, Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said.

The fire was reported by a neighbor at about 8:15 Sunday, April 21, but no alarms sounded, Hynes said.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, police officers were there, attempting to remove the man from the condo unit on the 7400 block of 212th Street in Edmonds.

He was transported to Harborview, but the nature of his injuries was not available, Hynes said.

Firefighters quickly got the fire under control--within about 10 minutes--Hynes said, and no other units were affected, but the first-floor condo where the fire occurred sustained about $30,000 in damages.

Hynes said fire investigators remain on the scene, where they found a smoke alarm with no batteries that had been disconnected from the building's electrical system.

Hynes said the district reminds people that it is currently offering free home safety checks and fire alarm evaluations through a Vision 20/20 Grant awarded through the federal Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.

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Original story:

Snohomish County Fire District one responded to a commercial fire Sunday morning on the 74oo block of 212th Street in Edmonds, according to Twitter reports.

The responding station could not be immediately reached, but the reports from the Snohomish County Scanner twitter feed indicated that one person was treated and transported to Harborview Medical Center in an apartment fire.

The victim of a first-floor fire reportedly received CPR and was being transported by Medic 17 to Harborview as of about 8:30 Sunday morning, April 21.

This is a developing story; Patch will bring you updates as they become available.