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A fire on the Swinomish Reservation destroyed a family’s home on Saturday.

Firefighters from Fire District’s 13 and 11 and the City of Anacortes responded at about 1:15 p.m. to a house burning on Reservation Lane.

The resident, Amanda Johnston, was not at home at the time, and there were no injuries. On Monday Johnston was assessing the damage, and said her cat, “Fuzzy Pickles,” and dog, “Bentley,” were confused about being displaced, too.

Aly Sehlin, a language arts teacher at La Conner Middle School has set up a Go Fund Me page for Johnston, who is her cousin. Sehlin described her as a “sing...