More on the fire at 303 Ward
As noted in the previous entry’s comments, the fire was not quite in Upper Queen Anne, which I discovered when I walked over there and found, like the old jokes, it was uphill both ways. By the time I...
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Porsche Fire this Morning
A Porsche 914 caught fire this morning in front of Genki Sushi at 5th N and Mercer around 8:30am. A reader sent in not only a tip, but also a video of the incident – click below: At one point the fire...
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Two alarm fire on Lower Queen Anne; 3 homes destroyed
Update: as of 10am, Tuesday, April 2, Seattle Fire Department says cause of Lower Queen Anne fire was incendiary. Seattle Police Department arson bomb squad is investigating. Update: as of 9:48pm, KING...
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Queen Anne apartment building fire early Saturday morning
Update: per SFD, the fire was accidental, caused by improperly discarded smoking materials. The fire investigator determined that improperly discarded smoking materials in a rooftop deck planter box...
View ArticleUpdate: Truck fire at Mt Pleasant Cemetery was intentionally set
UPDATE as of Wednesday: We received word this morning from SFD that investigators have determined the cause of the truck fire at Mt Pleasant Cemetery is incendiary, which means intentionally set. The...
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Early morning fire at apartment on Boston St
If you heard sirens around 3:20am this morning, it was a Seattle Fire Department response to an apartment fire at 118 Boston St. The fire was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials, and...
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Fire at Broad Street substation takes out power around Seattle Center
At 10:05am today a fire broke out at Seattle City Light’s Broad Street substation. The fire knocked out power in areas around the Seattle Center. 325 customers are without power due to the fire,...
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Nail through electrical wiring sparks house fire on 5th Ave N
We had several readers ask us about the fire response on top of Queen Anne last night (Friday) around 9pm. Firefighters responded to a fire in a home on 5th Ave N. The cause of the fire was a nail...
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2 alarm building fire in Fremont visible (and audible) from Queen Anne
UPDATE: KIRO’s Deborah Horne has relayed that “all workers at Asko Processing got out safely” per a tweet from KIRO’s Morgan Palmer. The helicopters you can hear from Queen Anne are hovering over a...
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House fire on 6th Ave W Saturday morning
UPDATE: Sad news to report from SFD about this morning’s house fire. Here’s the news directly from SFD: “Firefighters quickly initiated a search after extending hose lines into the residence. Flames...
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