Eight waterfront homes along Hood Canal in Washington state have been evacuated due to a fire and a landslidethat has destabilized the hillside and pushed trees into at least one home, emergency officials said.Firefighters responded to the scene, a cluster of homes on Seclusion Cove about 7 miles north of Poulsbo, ataround 5 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a fire in a boathouse and an RV, a Poulsbo Fire Departmentofficial said.When crews arrived, they found that the hillside above the homes was sliding, so they couldn't reach the burningboathouse with their equipment, KOMO-TV reported. A fireboat had to be called in to battle the flames.
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