Kent Fire Department reports Sunday morning fire as ‘suspicious’

Capt. Kyle Ohashi, public information officer for the Kent Fire Department, reported the Sunday morning fire in the 12000 block of SE 196 St. is being investigated as a suspicious fire caused by an incendiary device.

Capt. Kyle Ohashi, public information officer for the Kent Fire Department, reported the Sunday morning fire in the 12000 block of SE 196 St. is being investigated as a suspicious fire caused by an incendiary device.

Ohasi wrote in a release the fire is under investigation by a King County fire investigator. The fire is being considered suspicious because there was no electrical power to the building and no other way for the fire to have started.

The building was a total loss.

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