UPDATE: Small but ‘suspicious’ fire at Fauntleroy and Raymond

7:10 PM: A “full response” is on the way to Fauntleroy and Juneau for a possible fire in a multifamily building. Crews are starting to arrive. More to come.

(WSB photos, added 8:19 pm)

7:13 PM: Crews have traced it to a “small rubbish fire” in the alley by an under-construction townhouse project. They’re calling for the SFD investigator.

7:42 PM: Just back from the scene. The fire was in a pile of “combustible materials” under a stairwell on the alley side of the construction project. The incident commander considered it suspicious enough to call in the investigator, who arrived a few minutes ago. Police are talking to neighbors. No major damage and no injuries.

ADDED MONDAY: We followed up with SFD, whose spokesperson Alice Kim said, “Our Fire Investigation Unit members ruled the Fauntleroy/Raymond incident as undetermined, either caused by a careless disposal of smoking material or a handheld flame. SPD was notified.”

Vanessa March 6, 2017 (1:01 pm)

Another one.

Linda Anton March 6, 2017 (6:04 pm)

Was there another?

Vanessa March 7, 2017 (10:26 am)

Yes. There have been many over the years. Same type of setting. Similar time frames. Same general areas in West Seattle. But some of us have have learned to move our recycle bins and compost bins away from any structures. When we were hit by this “suspicious” fire, a few years ago, all cans burned down to a pool of goo, the shed caught on fire, the telephone pole caught on fire. It’s a wonder the camp stoves, propane tank and lawnmower gas didn’t blow up and catch our house on fire. I put the fire out with the garden hose before the Fire Department showed up. They asked us, if we emptied our fireplace coals or ashtrays into the paper recycling bin. We don’t smoke nor have a working fireplace. I still have the strangers face engrained in my memory who walked by at 2am in the morning, this shortcut to nowhere..to “see if everything was OK.” People, move your trash cans and your recycle bins, so other things don’t catch on fire, suspiciously of course.

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