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Four Chihuahua’s Survive Dog House Fire in West Seattle

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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 with flames extending up the side of the home to the roof.

Firefighters were able to knock down the fire and foamed the remaining charred area to prevent the rekindling of the flames.

The fire investigator determined the fire began inside a metal dog cage on the wooden deck of the home and spread to the deck and exterior wall. The fire never made it inside the house.

The cause of the fire is being called accidental electrical. The damage estimate is $20,000.

The four Chihuahua’s inside the dog cage all survived the fire.

Roof Saved by Quick Acting Firefighters

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September 6- Seattle Firefighters quickly extinguished a deck fire preventing it from spreading to the roof of a 6-story apartment complex on First Hill.
The call came in at 1:01 p.m. to the Fire Alarm Center reporting flames coming from a rooftop deck of an apartment building in the 400 block of Terry Avenue. Firefighters charged the buildings standpipe and were able to knock the flames down within a few short minutes.

Due to the quick response by the fire crews, the damage was limited to just a 10 foot by 10 foot section of wooden deck on the flat roof. The fire did not extend to the roof.
No injuries.
The most likely cause of the fire was improperly discarded smoking materials on the wooden deck.