6:33 PM: Seattle Fire sent a “full response” to the 7200 block of Dumar Way, near Delridge/Orchard [map]. We just got there (thanks to the person who called! we had missed it while out on something else) and some crews are packing up. Here’s what they tell us: The fire was confined to the house’s hot tub – how it caught fire is still being figured out. No injuries; Dumar is blocked in the area (between 16th and Orchard).
7:29 PM: The road is open again.
It smells smoky and hazy in Gatewood. Is that from this or fires on the west coast?
There’s a strong smell of burning plastic down by the 5400 block of Beach Dr. Could the fire be the cause?
Nope. That’s the wildfire smoke blowing in from elsewhere – California, Siberia, BC have been cited by weather experts. This was NOT a big fire at all.
Have been looking around – there’s also a new fire in the southwest Sound (Harstine Island) that *could* be contributing – trying to find out more about it.
https://westseattleblog.com/2018/07/about-that-smoky-smell-in-west-seattle/
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