![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/christopherbetterphoto.jpg)
(Photo by Christopher Boffoli for WSB)
6:27 PM: Thanks to everybody who sent tips about the fire callout in the Genesee area. It’s a single-family-house fire call in the 4000 block of 52nd SW (map). More shortly.
6:36 PM UPDATE: From the fire scene, Christopher Boffoli reports for WSB: SFD confirms fire tapped. No injuries. House was unoccupied at the time. No word on the cause. Fire investigators coming out. (Christopher says there was lots of smoke when he got to the scene minutes after the initial call, though.)
7:03 PM UPDATE: Investigators are on the scene and suspect the fire started in or near the washer/dryer area.
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/burnedappliances.jpg)
(Photo by WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand)
Most of the remaining units are being dismissed from the scene now, as operations wrap up. It was a full-size callout originally, though, as this photo shared by Gary Mullin shows:
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/garymullin.jpg)
8:28 PM UPDATE: SFD confirms an electrical malfunction in the laundry room is to blame – details here.
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