Two dead in house fire

Aberdeen Fire Department Chief Tom Hubbard confirmed two people died in this morning’s house fire, calling it “a sad day in Aberdeen.”

Firefighters were called to the 700 block of 8th Avenue in Aberdeen at about 5:10 a.m., where they searched several hours for the missing people.

Hubbard said one adult and one teen were killed. Both had been sleeping on the second floor, and one was found on the second floor, the other on the first.

Another woman was injured and taken to Grays Harbor Community Hospital.

Hubbard said when firefighters arrived, neighbors were already on scene helping to rescue an elderly couple from the home. They were taken to the hospital for examination.

Neighbor Katrina Springer called 911 when she heard a woman screaming.

“She was screaming really loudly,” Springer said. “Terrible screams.”

Springer ran across the street to help the woman as she called for help on her cell phone.

“The whole house was in flames, I met her in the driveway. She was cut up pretty bad,” she said.

Hubbard said the people in the home were “all loosely related,” but names will be released later by the Aberdeen Police Department.