On the 4th of July, we mentioned the online 911 log just jumping with brush-fire calls, including more than half a dozen here in West Seattle (such as the one near Morgan Junction Park; photo at left shows an Engine 37 crew member soaking the park afterward). Called SFD today to ask if they had some final stats. Here’s the citywide count, from spokesperson Dana Vander Houwen: 320 total SFD responses on the 4th of July, “about 100 more than usual.” (Here’s the archived log.) 34 of those were brush fires – no official cause on many of them, but, she says, “you can safely assume a lot were because of fireworks.” Three bigger fires were definitely linked to fireworks – one house, one near a community swimming pool, one school portable – none of those was in West Seattle but damage from all three tallied more than $76,000. P.S. The Fire Department just announced it’s launched a new blog-format site, The Fire Line – see it here.