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200 firefighters tackling suspicious blue mountains blaze and one is being treated for severe smoke inhalation
It is not yet known whether the victims were in a rush, and fire crews continue to search for survivors in the high-rise building as the blaze continues to grow, the Washington State Patrol said.
Witnesses said the fire started in an attic and spread as soon as it hit, sparking a major emergency response.
Witnesses said several hundred firefighters had to be called to quell the blaze.
One woman said she and her daughters, aged four and eight, were in the building at the time and they went outside.
'I have to see if the house is going to fall down. I'm like, 'What's happening?',' she told KOMO. 'He was just laughing because I was saying 'oh that's so funny''.
Firefighters continued to struggle through flames in the high-rise building as the blaze continued to grow (stock image)
'I told him it was ridiculous because we're trying to start a fire and he said: 'oh yeah - no. It's over'. And then he's dead.'
Witnesses said the building is 'unprecedented' because of the fire's size.
Witnesses said the building is 'unprecedented' because of the fire's size.
Two people are unaccounted for.
A preliminary investigation found that the cause of the fire may have been heat exposure.
Investigators believe there may be a toxic gas in the building.
The fire is being investigated by the US Embassy in Washington.
This was the fourth major building fire in two days and the fourth blaze to hit the US in two days
Witnesses described a large pile of smoke rising up into the air following the blaze, making it impossible to see inside.
A person who witnessed the fire told the local radio station KOMO that they were 'livid'.
'I looked up and we saw a pile of white smoke up the top of the hill,' an eyewitness told KOMO. 'It looked like there was black smoke in the building too.'
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tweeted about the situation, asking people to stay inside and stay safe.
'There is no telling when more fires may take place,' he said.
'Stay in your homes & out of windows.'
A Washington state firefighter and a police officer carry the body of someone from the building who died after a blaze at the Washington state state State Capitol on Monday, Sept. 3, 2015
Govt attacks labors telstra shares plan to create jobs'
Cairns has lost about 10 per cent of its population in the past year alone.
Last year, the city government signed a partnership with Telstra to set up a mobile home park next to its port and create 100 jobs from there.
It has also hired 40 new workers from the local Telstra manufacturing precinct.
Telstra said its job gains were due in part to its existing staff.
"As the number of staff working on both our sites has increased, our new employees have moved to our mobile manufacturing plant, which helps boost Telstra's workforce," spokesman John Graham said.
"The company has been providing the additional help by offering new apprenticeships to many of our new staff and continuing to pay them a wage of at least half the state minimum wage."
Telstra's plan for job creation comes as NBN Co prepares to announce the results of its first review of its broadband network, which it plans to announce to the public over the next three weeks.
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