UPDATE: Emergency closure at Delridge Library; school-board director’s meeting canceled

3:29 PM: The Delridge Library would usually be open until 6 pm on Saturdays but is closed for the rest of the day after what the Seattle Public Library Twitter feed calls an emergency over the library. The SFD log shows a multiple-unit call at 5425 Delridge – the library itself is 5423 – just after 11 this morning, though three of the four dispatched units were canceled quickly. One immediate effect. School Board Director Leslie Harris was scheduled to be having her community-conversation meeting at the branch now through 5 pm; she in fact tipped us to the closure, but we don’t know if she’s moved to a backup location.

3:59 PM: No backup location, she says. We’ll be going over to the library soon to find out more about what happened. (Added – We did go over shortly after this note, but this sign is all we found, no one around, no sign of what the problem might be.)

4 Replies to "UPDATE: Emergency closure at Delridge Library; school-board director's meeting canceled"

  • Gina September 16, 2017 (7:12 pm)

    SPL Facebook page mentions emergency above Delridge library as closure reason.

    • WSB September 16, 2017 (7:29 pm)

      Yes, but we were trying to find out exactly what it was and why it affected the library. The original call was closed within an hour.

  • kumalavula September 16, 2017 (9:44 pm)

    i happened to be dropping off a book (and trying to go in to check out soemthing on hold about 1pm.

    a seattle library police officer opened the door for me and explained that a fire alarm had gone off

    (not sure if in the library itself or the apartments upstairs) and that had triggered all other security issues they were trying to deal with. it seemed like they we’re trying to triangulate between maybe the fire dept and the central library downtown to decide what to do while i was standing at the door. he didn’t know if the library would open later in the afternoon but apparently you didn’t see anyone so i’m guessing they shut it for the rest of the day. now my question is will it be open tmrw as per their usual schedule?

    • WSB September 16, 2017 (10:00 pm)

      I don’t see anything in any of their channels and my e-mail to their media person has gone unanswered. We will be out at midday tomorrow and will go by for a look.

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