Fire

TACOMA, WA - Students were evacuated from Lowell Elementary School yesterday after smoke was reported in one of the classrooms, KOMO reports. Fire crews were called to the school, located at 810 N 13th Street, at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Staff and students were already outside the building by the time they arrived....

BURIEN, WA – A sheriff’s deputy and another person were injured following an apartment fire in Burien yesterday afternoon, according to KOMO News. The incident occurred at an apartment building in the 600 block of Ambaum Boulevard at about 1 p.m. A resident of the building jumped out of their apartment to escape the...

SEATTLE, WA – A woman was seriously hurt when an apartment in the Laurelhurst area caught fire on Friday afternoon, according to KOMO News. The incident took place at an apartment complex in the 5000 block of NE Mithun Place at about 4:30 p.m., when an explosion occurred in one of the units. A...

SEATTLE, WA - Firefighters with the Seattle Fire Department were called to the scene of an electrical fire at a building in North Seattle on Wednesday night. The department tweeted about the blaze at 11:00 p.m., stating it occurred at a commercial building on the 1200 block of Northeast 145th Street. Crews are investigating...

SEQUIM, WA - An elderly man who suffered serious burns after his home in Sequim caught fire last Tuesday night has passed away, reports the Peninsula Daily News. The preliminary report stated the fire occurred at a house on the 900 block of South Third Avenue around 9:24 p.m. When fire crews arrived, they...

TACOMA, WA - The Coast Guard joined state-level partners in combatting a fire that broke out onboard a commercial fishing vessel anchored in Tacoma on Thursday, according to reports. The fire erupted aboard the Aleutian Falcon, a 233-foot ship moored at the Port of Tacoma's pier 25, at around midnight on February 18. It...

SEATTLE, WA - Two residents and a firefighter were injured after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the 500 block of Boylston Avenue on Monday, according to the city government. The Seattle Fire Department arrived at the scene shortly after 11:33 a.m. on February 15. A ladder was used to pull...