Fire Destroys Home in Hamilton

Hamilton, WA – In the early morning hours of January 4th, 2017 a local family awoke to their home on fire  in the 400 block of Michigan Avenue in Hamilton.

Skagit 9-1-1 Dispatchers received a call for help  at 2:20 am on the morning of January 4th, 2017.  The reporting party told dispatchers their house was on fire and a total of five people  had evacuated the 2nd story of the home and were on the roof while another woman,  reported as her  grandma, was still trapped inside the home.  A second 9-1-1 caller reported flames shooting ten feet high out of the top of the home.

The residents of the home managed to jump from the 2nd story of the home to escape the flames and the reporting parties  grandmother was able to get out of the home as firefighters from Punkin Center,  Sedro-Woolley and the Hamilton Fire Department were toned to  respond to the scene.

The first fire unit arrived at 2:32 a.m and reported the home to be fully involved in flames.

The home was completely destroyed in the fire and the occupants, have been displaced. They were able to escape with only what they were wearing.

There are two separate accounts set up to help those affected by the fire. The first Go Fund Me Account is set up for Robin Boome. Robin is the mother of 14-year old Joe, 13-year old Lili, 9-year old Rayana, 5-year old Stevie, and 4-year old Fabiana. Also affected are Bob Gensburg and his 5-year old daughter Zoe and a grandmother who is battling cancer.  The link to the go Fund me is here: https://www.gofundme.com/hamilton-fire-boome-gensburg

Friends and family have been gathering clothing and items for them. They are looking for the following if you’d like to help:

Joe: Age 14: Men’s Size 30 pants, men’s medium shirts, size 10 men’s shoes.

Lili: Age 13: Woman’s size small shirts, size 1 pants, Size 8 shoe

Reyna: Age 9: Girls/Kid Size 10 pant, Large Shirt. Size 3 shoes

Stevie: Age 5: Boys Size 7 shirt. Size 7 pants, size 11 shoes

Fabiana: Age 4: Girls Size 4 Shirts, Size 4 Pants, Size 9 Shoes

Robin: Woman Size Large Shirt, Size 13 Pants, Size 8 Shoe

(NOTE: Additional Information will be provided on needs as it becomes available.)

The second Go Fund Me Account is set up for Lance Lopez and Elisa Everett have been dating for over four years and rented the top half of the home with Elisa’s two boys who are ages 7 and 11 years old.  Eilsa  said “we are thankful that we all made it out of the house and are staying positive.”  The boys are okay, but Elisa suffered a broken foot after jumping from the second story.

When asked how the community can help, they said, currently we don’t have a list of stuff needed because we don’t have a house yet and we don’t have a lot of room to store stuff.” Eventually we could use some help with household items once we get a place, but our immediate needs are size 10/12 boys clothes and men’s medium clothes for the kids.

A go fund me has also been started to help the family get back on their feet. The link can be found here: http://www.gofundme.com/elisa-everett-fire-recovery

The fire was said to have started in a faulty outlet in the home.