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Originally published Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM

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Saturday fireworks sparked fire that spread to four houses

Four homes caught fire when fireworks that were lit Saturday on 163rd Avenue Southeast ignited juniper bushes and flames spread from one nearby house to three others.

Four homes caught fire when fireworks that were lit Saturday on 163rd Avenue Southeast in Covington ignited juniper bushes. The flames spread from one nearby house to three others.

No one was injured in the blazes. Firefighters from Kent and Maple Valley responded at 6 p.m. and doused the flames.

Firefighters quickly extinguished flames on the roofs of two houses on the 25400 block of 163rd Avenue Southeast, according to the Kent Fire Department. Two other houses were more badly damaged as fires spread into their attics.

The person responsible for starting the fire was cited by Covington police for discharging legal fireworks in a dangerous manner.

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Roof fires are caused by using kindling as roofing material. Some call them cedar shakes. I use them to start fires.  Posted on July 5, 2009 at 7:01 PM by tillerskillers. Jump to comment
Back in he day when we were all stupid if we had shake or shingle buildings in our danger zone we wwould wet them down fist, and shoot away from...  Posted on July 5, 2009 at 8:34 PM by commoncents. Jump to comment
Hey - where was the traditional helicopter with flag in tow to open the Lake Union fireworks show?? Anybody else miss it? We did!  Posted on July 5, 2009 at 10:21 PM by TAR. Jump to comment

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