SEATTLE — A house fire in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood has been noted as “suspicious,” just one day after two other fires in the South Seattle area were intentionally set, according to Seattle Fire.
According to Seattle firefighters, crews responded to a working fire in a detached garage that was under construction along 17th Avenue South around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.
A neighbor told KIRO 7 that they saw flames on the backside of the house and along their back fence at around 5:20 a.m.
Responding crews reported that the fire had extended from the garage to the living space above.
As they worked to put water on the fire and search the building, the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) upgraded the response to a 2-alarm response.
“Intense heat from the garage fire damaged an adjacent utility pole, causing power lines to hang low, and scorched a couple of cars parked in the alley. Fire also extended to a neighboring shed,” reported SFD.
By 6 a.m., SFD confirmed that the fire was under control.
SFD Public Information Officer David Cuerpo confirmed that around 80 firefighters responded, including over a dozen fire trucks.
Luckily, nobody was inside the home or the detached garage, and nobody was injured. It is unclear if anyone currently lives there, SFD said.
SFD crews washed off any hazardous material from the downed powerlines, as is standard procedure. KIRO 7 was on the scene when Seattle City Light crews arrived to handle the power lines.
According to SFD, the cause of this fire is “undetermined” but is noted as suspicious due to no obvious ignition sources found (i.e., no electrical issue found, etc.).
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