December 25—The fire that trapped a wheelchair bound woman in her burning home was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials according to a Seattle Fire Investigator. On 7:22 a.m. Christmas morning, a neighbor called 911 to report windows breaking due to a fire at his neighbor’s house. Green Lake Engine Company 16 arrived to find [...]

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 [...]

October 20—A Seattle Fire Investigator determined an early morning fire at a Central District home was determined to be an incendiary fire. The Seattle Police Department’s Arson Bomb Squad is conducting an investigation into the fire. The first 911 call came into dispatchers at the Fire Alarm Center at 2:54 a.m. reporting a fire in [...]

June 24—Seattle Fire Investigators determined a fire inside a Genesee Park home was an accidental fire ignited by burning incense. On Saturday June 24, firefighters knocked down a second-floor bedroom fire inside a home in the 4200 block of 42nd Avenue South. At 3:09 a.m., a 911 caller reported flames coming from the back bedroom [...]

March 14—Seattle Fire Investigators determined a morning house fire in Seward Park was caused by combustible materials too close to an operating wall heater. At 7:02 a.m., the Seattle Fire Alarm Center(FAC) received multiple 911 calls reporting a fire inside a two-story home located in the 4900 block of 44th Avenue South. Engine 30 arrived [...]