READER REPORTS: Early-morning trouble on the roads, roadside

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Thanks for the updates from the early-morning hours:

That photo is from Kathleen, who says the midsize Seattle Fire callout at 16th/Cambridge just after 5 am was for an RV fire. No medic unit dispatched, which indicates no major injuries, but we are checking with SFD.

From Ann:

3 cars were involved in an accident on the 3000 block of SW Andover last night / early morning 4 AM -ish. The black Kia crashed through a residential fence.

Same Kia is completely blocking the sidewalk. SPD said tow trucks won’t / can’t come until conditions are better so sidewalk is completely blocked for now.

Another great grea example of why steep streets get closed under icy conditions and why it’s a good idea to heed the signs.

No SFD dispatch with this one, which indicates no injuries reported.

jim January 1, 2022 (1:04 pm)

Apparently people have never heard of these things called tire chains.

Empm January 1, 2022 (2:18 pm)

Aftermath of the RV fire. This has been a trouble spot for several years now. Glad no one was injured.

sad January 1, 2022 (5:07 pm)

So sad to see. There’s a disabled woman that’s been living there. I’m so devastated for her loss on top of everything else she’s been through.
- Empm January 1, 2022 (5:23 pm)
  
  It appeared in the last few days that she wasn’t staying there. Hoping she found some warm accommodations during the cold weather.

Eddie January 1, 2022 (4:00 pm)

I saw someone state that the road closed signs were suggestions rather than rules or law. What a crock. That’s half the problem with our society today. The other half is people too self absorbed to think that the actual rules or laws don’t apply to them.

Auntie January 1, 2022 (6:06 pm)

It’s the same thing every time it snows. People think they invincible because they have a four-wheel drive vehicle. Ice cares not about your four-wheel drive. Those same people probably try to drive on flooded roads when they are closed, too. Yikes!

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