Crews from Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Duvall, Woodinville and Eastisde fire departments responded to a two-alarm structural fire shortly before 9 a.m. Friday from a residence in the 25500 block of Northeast 67th Place in unincorporated King County east of Redmond.
A neighbor had reported the fire and Jim Bove, spokesperson for the Redmond Fire Department, said the house was about 50 percent engulfed in flames when crews arrived and were not able to enter at first.
He said they also thought occupants were inside as no one was coming out of the building.
“It turns out they were out of town,” Bove said, adding that the owners have been notified and are on their way home from Walla Walla.
There were no injuries.
Bove said, according to neighbors, the owners had four dogs and two cats. The four dogs have been accounted for and are doing fine but the cats are unaccounted for at this time.
The cause of the fire is still unknown and currently under investigation.