Soap Lake woman dies in house fire
A Tuesday morning fire destroyed a Soap Lake apartment at the corner of Sixth Avene Southeast. For more photos, <a href="http://www.instantimagegallery.com/iig/a/193/295498">click here</a>.
SOAP LAKE — A 61-year-old woman was killed in an early morning apartment fire in Soap Lake Wednesday morning.
Grant County Coroner Chief Investigator Jerry Jasman identified the woman as Susan M. Wilson Thursday afternoon. The woman’s autopsy was under investigation at the time, but next of kin was notified.
The fire was reported just before 6:30 a.m. It burned through half of a four-apartment unit at the 300 block of Sixth Avenue.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Crews from the Soap Lake Fire Department, Ephrata Fire Department and Grant County Fire Districts 7 and 13 responded to the blaze.
— Staff report