TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Two people suffered serious injuries in a house fire Tuesday night in Tacoma.

Fire Department Battalion Chief Dale Vaughn says firefighters who arrived about 10:30 p.m. found the house was fully involved in flames and two residents had escaped to the back yard. They were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Vaughn says damage to the house is estimated at $65,000.