Vashon Island fire: Smoke plume visible from West Seattle

November 28, 2010 at 4:44 pm | In Not WS but we're mentioning it anyway, West Seattle news | 10 Comments

(Photo added 4:53 pm, taken from Upper Fauntleroy)
It’s not West Seattle, but many people can see it from here, so it’s news here too — we have received calls/notes about a big plume of smoke visible from Vashon Island, if you have a view in that direction.

4:49 PM UPDATE: It’s a fire, according to scanner traffic. One source on Twitter says it’s a three-story house. And crews are still actively fighting it. We don’t have location info so far, aside from one crew telling another “come down as if you were going to the Cove Motel.”

5:08 PM UPDATE: KING 5 has posted this video from viewer Brady Miller (note that it is preceded by a short commercial – placed by their site, not ours):

5:23 PM UPDATE: The scanner mentions “Paige Lane” as the command. That’s on the northwest side of Vashon (here’s a map). We’ll add any additional information we find later; moving back on to more WS news now.

10 Comments

  1. Not sure it was worth having to watch a 15 second Outback commercial (for which the WSB realizes no revenue) to see 16 seconds of shaky, distant video. I suppose it helps KING5 defray the cost of the bandwidth. But I really wish they’d reconsider ads on such short clips.

    Comment by cjboffoli — 5:15 pm November 28, 2010 #

  2. Actually the first time I have ever seen a spot on this kind of video. But P noticed it after I added it so I added a disclaimer. On the other hand, they don’t get a pageview for letting us (and whomever else) embed the clip, so I don’t consider it a bad deal. – TR

    Comment by WSB — 5:25 pm November 28, 2010 #

  3. This is (was) a very nice waterfront house on Paige Lane SW on the west side of Vashon. I used to live next door, so my former neighbor informed me. Apparently the house is a total loss, but no one was at home.

    Comment by Meghan — 5:40 pm November 28, 2010 #

  4. Thanks, Meghan. Sorry for the homeowners/residents, but glad nobody was hurt. Our friends at KING tell us they’re getting more video in so I’d imagine they’ll have more info later too.

    Comment by WSB — 5:43 pm November 28, 2010 #

  5. The woman that lives next door said that she got all of the pets out of the burning home (which is a total loss) and all of her pets and family out of her home, which the firefighters are trying to save now.

    Comment by VML — 6:19 pm November 28, 2010 #

  6. I think the commercial is suggesting the homeowners should have gone to Outback rather than grilling at home.

    Seriously, I hope no one is hurt.

    Comment by John — 6:20 pm November 28, 2010 #

  7. My parents live directly above the hill from this house–so close that sparks were coming up. Indeed no one was home, and neighbors rescued their dogs. We’ll be thinking of this family this week.

    Comment by kristen — 6:34 pm November 28, 2010 #

  8. View video of house fire at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LQDl9gQZeg
    Pictures taken from 13400 block of Banner Rd SE, Olalla, WA 98359

    Comment by A Simmons — 3:59 pm November 29, 2010 #

  9. The story from the Vashon Beachcomber.

    Comment by JRF — 1:27 pm November 30, 2010 #

  10. Thanks, I was disappointed not to see a story when I checked that site yesterday, would have much rather linked to the locals than the regionals.

    Comment by WSB — 1:58 pm November 30, 2010 #

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