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EGELSTON TOWNSHIP, MI Six people were unharmed in a house fire in the 5300 block of Apple Avenue in Egelston Township in the early-morning hours of Thursday, May 8.

According to Egelston Township Fire Department Lt. Brenda Galore, three children were among those who escaped the blaze, which was caused by faulty wiring in a utility room.

The fire occurred nearly across the street from Egelston Township Fire Department's location at 5428 E. Apple Ave. Galore said Egelston Township Fire Department had the fire under control within 15 to 20 minutes. The home, however, is a total loss, she said.

"Right when we pulled out, we could see heavy flames and smoke," she said. "It was a full working fire when we arrived, but we had it under control pretty quickly."

Later Thursday morning, the family was being assisted by the American Red Cross, Galore said.

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IT WAS ALL those 1990s town homes that seemed to go up overnight. The ones packed as tight as a box of Oreos. Puzzle pieces for parking garages.

Really? thought Sloan Ritchie.

At the time, he was a burned-out engineer in need of inspiration. (His girlfriend and now wife, Jennifer Karkar Ritchie, urged him onward. I said, Quit. Do what you love. I did the corporate thing. It was soulless, she says.)

And, inspired by all the low-quality houses, he did.

Long story short, today were sitting in the result of Sloans professional reinvention as a developer and contractor his familys bright, spacious home in Madison Park. A thoroughly modern house that heats and cools using no conventional furnace or air-conditioning, by its very definition a passive house. A place, 2,710 square feet, that they heated last winter using the clothes dryer.

Really.

In a move thats one part science project and one part five-year family plan (the couple have two young children), Sloan has built Seattles first certified passive house. It sits close to the water, a tall contemporary among homes stately and old. The groundbreaking project, so to speak, was a joint effort between his Cascade Built and NK Architects, Marie Ljubojevic lead designer.

Some of the things I like most about it have nothing to do with a passive house, he says. I love being near the water. I stand-up paddleboard; when you do that theres no cellphone.

But when winter rolls around I love not using a furnace.

The Ritchies home has many sustainable features: an ash tree on the property has been remade into stair treads, wall paneling and window sills; paint is no-VOC; floors are bamboo; the fireplace is bioethanol; cooktop is induction; native drought-tolerant plantings instead of thirsty lawn; composite exterior decking; wiring for solar power and plumbing for thermal water.

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