Fire tears through home in Kennewick

A dog died and a home was badly damaged after a blaze broke out in a Kennewick home.

An officer spotted the smoke coming from the house on the 1200 block of West First Avenue around 8:20 a.m. Thursday.

When firefighters from Kennewick, Richland, Pasco and Benton County Fire District 1 responded, they found flames coming from a bedroom window.

The fire appears to have started behind the house and spread inside, Battalion Chief Tod Kreutz said.

Several people were evacuated from the area, but no one was injured.

Firefighters are investigating the cause of the blaze.

This story was originally published December 14, 2017 at 8:33 AM with the headline "Fire tears through home in Kennewick."