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AS BAD AS IT LOOKS – Thursday's fire started in the garage of Tony and Jane Mitchell's Fifth Street house. There were no serious injuries but the house and one car are in ruins. The community has rallied to aid the family with housing and through a funding campaign.
A bright, sunny picture-postcard afternoon in La Conner turned tragic when a house on N. Fifth Street was destroyed by a fast-burning fire whose noxious smoke blackened the sky as it wafted across town.
Tony and Jane Mitchell, members of the La Conner Firefighters Association, lost their home June 19 to a blaze that raged through their garage and into the house, sending flames shooting out from the walls and roof.
A Mini Cooper in the garage was destroyed and a Volkswagen sedan on the driveway was badly damaged.
The couple and their dogs were able to flee quickly and escaped serious injury wit...
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