MARYSVILLE — At approximately 12:49 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Marysville Fire District was dispatched to a residential fire in the 500 block of 125 Place NW. Firefighters arrived at 1:02 a.m. and located a fire in a single-story residential structure.

Original reports stated, “that the house was on fire” and the first arriving captain reported a heavy smoke condition and fire showing from the rear of the home. Firefighters had the fire under control within 30 minutes. The origin of this fire was determined by the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office to be the baseboard heater.

At approximately 5:39 a.m. Thursday morning the Marysville Fire District was dispatched to the same location for another fire. Upon arrival the first arriving captain reported a fully involved residential structure fire. Firefighters fought the fire defensively and the fire was under control within 30 minutes. The cause of this fire is under investigation by the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office.

The structure was a total loss with an estimated dollar loss $210,000.

At the height of the incident more than 30 firefighters battled the blaze with mutual aid provided by Getchell (Snohomish County Fire District 22), North County Fire and EMS, and Silvana (Snohomish County Fire District 19).

The Marysville Fire District reminds all residents to maintain working smoke alarms and installing residential fire sprinklers to reduce the effects of fire.