3809 Admiral fire update

While we were out getting “day after” pix of the fire scene @ 3809 Admiral, eagle-eyed WSB readers noted that the P-I is reporting Seattle Fire investigators blame the fire on “smoking materials.” 1st pic is the exterior damage, 2nd pic is the pile of burned-out stuff in the driveway. For those who have been through house fires, provided everyone got out OK (as was the case here), that’s one of the worst things afterward, regardless of who or what’s to blame — that charred mass that was your stuff, sitting for hours, days, maybe weeks, out in the driveway or the front yard.

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Forest September 24, 2007 (3:16 pm)

My stepfather was a firefighter and used to tell me the majority of the destruction left after a successfully contained and non-injury fire was the massive water damage caused when dousing the blaze.

Christopher Boffoli September 24, 2007 (5:28 pm)

Not to mention the smoke. You’ll never get that smoke smell out once something has been burned. All you can do is tear it out and throw it away.

Gunnar September 25, 2007 (6:45 am)

Even though I haven’t lived in that house for 12-13 years, I have some fond memories of my couple years at 3809. We provided loud musical entertainment to our neighbors for the time I lived there.

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