May 8- Seattle Fire Investigators has ruled an early morning fire at the Port of Seattle Terminal 25 as an accidental fire. Three semi-truck tractors were damaged when there was most likely a malfunction in the driver’s side of the engine compartment. At 12:40 a.m. a passerby called 911 to report two or three semi’s [...]

April 29—Seattle Fire Investigators determined an early morning apartment fire in West Seattle was caused by an electrical malfunction in the kitchen range which ignited combustible materials in the kitchen. Investigators say the kitchen fire extended to the living room of the bottom level unit. The fire is being ruled accidental. At 2:10 a.m. a [...]

April 20—Seattle Fire Investigators determined fire in a Leschi home was accidental caused by an overturned kerosene lamp onto combustible materials. At 11:33 a neighbor called 911 to report flames coming from a house locate in the 100 block of Erie Avenue. The neighbor helped evacuate the elderly resident. Engine Company 6 arrived to find [...]

April 13—Seattle Fire Investigators determined a fire at a Judkins Park triplex was an accidental fire caused by a kitchen fire which extended through the duct work and into the walls. At 9:53 a.m. dispatchers received a 911 call into the Fire Alarm Center reporting a fire in the wall of a residential building in [...]

April 9—Seattle Fire Investigators determined a Rainier Valley house fire was an accidental electrical fire caused by a wall socket. At 11:23 p.m. Monday night, the Fire Alarm Center received multiple 911 calls reporting flames coming from a one-story home located in the 4000 block of Letitia Ave South. The fire arriving engine company found [...]

March 22- A Seattle Fire Investigator determined the cause of a North Seattle condominium fire was accidental. A motorcycle’s electrical system caught fire and the flames spread to a nearby car and a dumpster and then extended to the 4-story building. The first 911 call came into the Fire Alarm Center at 10:55 a.m. The [...]

January 27-A Seattle Fire Investigator determined a Beacon Hill home fire was an accidental fire caused by unattended food on the stove. At 12:25 p.m., a 911 call came into the Fire Alarm Center reporting a kitchen fire in a home in the 4300 block of Cheasty Boulevard South. Engine 28 arrived to find light [...]

January 22, 2013—An unattended portable halogen work light inside a dog cage is to blame for a West Seattle house fire according to a Seattle Fire Investigator. At 10:39 a.m., firefighters were called to a house on the 200 block of SW Roxbury Street. When firefighters arrived then found the one-story home’s deck on fire [...]

January 3, 2013- A Seattle Fire Investigator determined the cause of a fire at an occupied commercial building to be accidental. The fire was caused by creosote buildup in ductwork which most likely was ignited by an operating generator and convection oven. At 12:04 p.m. on Wednesday January 2, 2013, the first 911 call came [...]

November 26–An elderly couple was displaced by a kitchen fire in their Beacon Hill home tonight. The first 911 call came into the Fire Alarm Center at 11:53 p.m. reporting smoke coming from a 2-story home. When fire crews arrived on scene, they rescued a non-ambulatory man from the house located in the 5500 block [...]