(Image: Seattle Fire)

A family narrowly escaped and two firefighters were injured as they were able to save the structure after a fire broke out Thursday evening in a 129-year-old apartment building part of a historic commercial row along 25th Ave S.

Seattle Fire says firefighters at nearby Station 6 noticed smoke coming from the 1895-built building in the 2600 block of S Jackson around 5:45 PM:

Crews notified the Fire Alarm Center and requested them to dispatch a full response consisting of five fire engines, three ladder trucks and additional support units to the scene. As firefighters made access to the apartment unit, three children and their mother escaped the fire and sheltered inside Station 6. Additional firefighters and paramedics arrived to provide medical care. All four family members were in stable condition and declined transportation to a hospital.

SFD reports crews had the blaze under control within minutes and the fire out by just after 6 PM. Two firefighters were injured and taken to Harborview in stable condition.

The family was reported uninjured.

Seattle Fire says investigators determined the fire was accidental, and likely caused by an overloaded electrical outlet.

The American Red Cross was requested to assist the displaced family.

The commercial and apartment building is part of a group of four historic structures on the block dating to the era when the area was “a late 19th and early 20th century commercial hub when Seattle’s first streetcar line traversed Yesler Way and Jackson Street.”

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