One killed in Moses Lake home fire Sunday morning
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A fire Sunday morning left one person dead at Harvest Manor Mobile Home Park in Moses Lake. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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MOSES LAKE - A fire Sunday morning left one person dead at Harvest Manor Mobile Home Park in Moses Lake.
A report by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office stated that the fire was called in to MACC Dispatch about 8 a.m. to Harvest Manor Mobile Home Park, located at 4815 Airway Drive Northeast.
Upon arrival, Grant County Fire District #5, found a manufactured home fully engulfed in flames. One person had been able to escape the home but another was still inside. The release stated that firefighters tried to rescue the woman, who was in her 70s, left inside the home but the fire had progressed too far for the rescue to be possible.
The fire is under investigation by the Grant County Fire Marshal's Office, the release said, and the body of the deceased is in the care of Coroner Craig Morrison whose staff will conduct an autopsy. The release stated that the autopsy is normal procedure.
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