West Seattle 4th of July fire watch: Gatewood tree burns

Since midnight, the Seattle Fire Department 911 log shows two “brush fire” calls in West Seattle (out of a total of six citywide today). Above, the aftermath of one of them, shared by Dennis, who wrote, “Someone with fireworks didn’t like our tree. 12:35 last night. Be careful, folks, it is REAL DRY out there … this is what can happen.” He’s in the 3600 block of SW Othello in Gatewood; the other “brush fire” call so far, about 12 hours later, was in the 8100 block of 14th SW in Highland Park.

1 Reply to "West Seattle 4th of July fire watch: Gatewood tree burns"

  • anonyme July 5, 2015 (3:16 pm)

    Apparently things like this happened in numerous places this year, with witnesses stating that lit fireworks were thrown out car windows. There’s only one reason for this: it’s called ARSON. If these idiots are caught, I hope they throw the book at them.

    Oh wait; this is Seattle. They’ll probably give them a Smokey the Bear pin and send them home.

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