Update: Another brush fire, this time in Arbor Heights

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Three engines have gone to this one. We’ll be heading over to check it out – Marine View and 35th (map). Hard to imagine it wouldn’t be fireworks related – here in Upper Fauntleroy, a couple miles north, it’s been nonstop noise for about two hours. 11:01 PM UPDATE: Back from checking it out. Two engines still there but nothing visible from streetside – it’s not right at the bend, but somewhere around the homes just northwest of there. Huge amount of fireworks as we drove through Arbor Heights, though, including two people launching bottle rockets from atop a beer box right on the shoulder of 35th. Did notice the Arroyos, down the west slope from southern Arbor Heights/Marine View Drive, has an incredible view of Vashon fireworks. 11:31 PM UPDATE: Now one engine’s responding to a brush fire report in 8800 block of Delridge. (minutes later) That call closed fast but there’s a new one in the 9600 block of 20th SW. MIDNIGHT UPDATE: And since then, a couple more. No indication at this point that any has been major, but local engines have certainly had to run from one call to another, one end of West Seattle to another. Here’s the live fire/medic 911 log.

stephanie July 4, 2009 (11:22 pm)

anybody in this area? Just wanna make sure my folks home is ok. Any houses on fire?

WSB July 4, 2009 (11:24 pm)

No houses were on fire. It was a very low-key scene, the firefighters standing around, and the call did not upgrade further, which is what would have happened if any houses caught fire. The 911 page is having trouble right now so I can’t confirm whether the call’s closed but the situation was definitely on the winding-up side when we left the area – TR

stephanie July 4, 2009 (11:28 pm)

Thank you so much Tracy. I grew up in that neighborhood (at my folks home) and there are no words for how much this helps me. You are awesome.

MargL July 4, 2009 (11:50 pm)

Watching the 911 callouts is really interesting. These engines are just racing from one incident to another! On the plus side, they probably knew it was going to be busy and could mentally prepare for it.

Save Our Streets Seattle July 4, 2009 (11:56 pm)

South Delridge is like Baghdad. At least one house on every block is shooting off MA$$IVE amounts of very illegal fireworks for hours and hours. If the SW Precinct wanted to line the city’s empty coffers, they could have hauled themselves off the break room sofa and written about $10,000 worth of citations within a 1/4 mile of my home which is within a 1/4 mile of the precinct. I am truly surprised by the size and power of this year’s batch of fireworks. The height and noise of “off-the-shelf” fireworks has seriously crossed a line.

007 July 5, 2009 (12:16 am)

I am also within 1/2 mile of precinct and would say it’s more like Mosul. Seattle’s finest are busy though so cut them some slack. Listen to a scanner if you still don’t believe.

JanS July 5, 2009 (12:57 am)

If there are any firefighters tuning in to WSB, thank you for your service. If there are any firefighters and EMTs in anyone’s family please thank them for me – they all deserve kudos for their work tonight. It’s been non-stop sirens up here in Admiral….the 911 log is amazing…time for the crazies to give it up and go to sleep, doncha think?

JanS July 5, 2009 (12:59 am)

and that medic response, 7 per that’s down on Alki? That’s Bamboo B & G..think someone drank themselves into oblivion?

WSB July 5, 2009 (1:01 am)

No, it’s described as an ongoing assault. And now I have just posted – there’s a shooting reported at Me-Kwa-Mooks. No fire/medic dispatch yet though which is odd. (Never mind, JUST came up.)