![davidengulfed.jpg](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/davidengulfed.jpg)
(July 2008 photo by David Hutchinson)
That was one of many photos we published the night of July 25, 2008, when flames engulfed a duplex on 56th SW, just off Alki Ave, sending up smoke that was seen for miles around and drew quite a crowd. What was left of the charred building has stood there ever since – till now:
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/burnedout.jpg)
According to city records, a permit was granted in January for “fire damage repair and addition … to existing duplex”; last month, the permit was amended to add “demolition of fire-damaged portions” of the duplex.
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