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SFD deals with fire in Summit Ave E apartment building

A fire inside a small Summit Ave E apartment building was handled with speed by the Seattle Fire Department just around midnight Thursday morning.

We’re still confirming details from SFD but photographer Tim Durkan shared an image from the scene in the 400 block of Summit Ave E and a brief update from the fire first reported around 11:45 PM.Screen Shot 2013-08-29 at 7.16.04 AM

We’re checking on any injuries and information on a cause and will update when we learn more.

UPDATE: From Seattle Fire —

At 11:45 p.m., firefighters were called to the 400 block of Summit Avenue East to a second floor apartment. The occupant of the apartment told dispatchers that she could smell smoke from the electrical outlet and then saw flames in the wall.  Capitol Hill Engine Company 25 arrived first and found flames coming from the wall of the unit.

Crew extinguished the fire within 2 minutes of arriving on scene. Firefighters dug up the wall and doused the flames with water from a 5 gallon water extinguisher called a pump can. A thermal imaging camera did not pick up any signs of heat inside the walls.

Power was turned off to the apartment.

There were no injuries.

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pragmatic
pragmatic
10 years ago

dang, nice work, Seattle FD!