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A fire that broke out at approximately 3:30 a.m. Wednesday caused serious injuries to two La Conner area women who had to be air-lifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The fire gutted a home on Downey Road, and according to Fire District 13 Chief Roy Horn, the cause may have had something to do with the severe windstorms during the night.

The two women and an 8-year-old boy, the grandson of one of the women, were inside the home when the fire started. The child escaped unhurt.

Authorities say his grandmother received burns over 30 percent of her body and the other woman, he...