TULALIP — A fatal fire on the Tulalip Indian Reservation last week has been attributed to outdoor burning that spread into nearby blackberry bushes.
The property owner had been burning vegetation either earlier that day or the night before.
Hours later, the wind fanned the hot ashes into a brush fire, according to the Snohomish County Fire Marshal’s Office.
The owner, David S. Hagaman, 86, fell down an embankment while fighting the fire with a garden hose, investigators said Monday.
An autopsy determined he died from burns and smoke inhalation. His death was ruled an accident.
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