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Police: Victim in townhome fire commited suicide 
06:38 PM PST on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
EVERETT, Wash. – Investigators say the woman who died in the Everett townhome fire Monday committed suicide by dousing herself with gas and lighting it.
The medical examiner said 28-year-old Aman Sandhu died of smoke inhalation and burns to 100 percent of her body.
In a strange twist of events, a fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the same townhome complex.
A KING 5 News crew was reporting from the scene when flames suddenly erupted around 6:30 a.m., catching our crew by surprise. The news crew immediately alerted firefighters at the fire station across the street and firefighters quickly scrambled into action. The fire quickly spread and flames shot through the roof 10-20 ft. into the air.
When asked what may have sparked the second fire, one firefighter simply called it a possible "recue."
Leslie Hines, Snohomish County Fire Department Public Information Officer, said the second fire was likely caused by a hot ember.
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SkyKING captured footage of the fire at the Everett townhome complex early this morning. Flames reportedly shot 10-20-ft. into the air.
Due to damage from the first fire, the townhome complex was unoccupied. Firefighters contained it within an hour and prevented it from spreading to neighboring apartment and condominium buildings. Fire crews were knocking out any remaining hot spots.
The building is the same four-plex at 124th Street SW and Meridian Avenue South near Mariner High School where a fire broke out on Monday afternoon.
Sandhu died at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Tuesday. Her husband was injured in Monday's blaze and is listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview.
A young child escaped the first fire, unharmed.
Questions were raised about the cause of the second fire since the first fire was determined to be arson.
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An aerial shot of the townhome complex shows the area where investigators boarded up the building from the first fire.
"Investigators were here yesterday and I know there was a company that came in and boarded up and secured the building," Hines Wednesday morning.
Jim McKay, retired deputy fire chief with Fire District 1, was also at the scene at the time, preparing for a class. He helped alert firefighters. McKay said it's not often a fire re-ignites in the same location 48 hours later.
"These guys do a very good job mopping up. A rekindle is very few and far between," said McKay. "If it does look suspicious after they do their investigation, we'll soon find out what caused this fire to recrop up."
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