UPDATE: SFD vault-fire response at Delridge/Holden

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5:34 PM: Big Seattle Fire “vault-fire response” is headed for the 7700 block of Delridge Way SW. Sparks and smoke are reported to be coming from beneath a concrete slab at a “new construction” site. Police are being dispatched to help direct traffic in the area. Updates to come.

5:42 PM: Per dispatch, northbound Delridge traffic will be diverted at SW Kenyon.

5:49 PM: Update from our crew – Delridge is completely blocked from Holden to Kenyon. SFD is still investigating the electrical problem that is causing this. Our crew reports “popping” is audible and there’s a strong unpleasant smell. No report of injuries; nearby residences have been evacuated while they sort this out. … The 120 bus is being rerouted, too.

6:42 PM: Seattle City Light has shut off electricity and is now in charge of investigating the problem. Seattle Fire units have departed.

Auntie June 10, 2022 (5:44 pm)

Um, Kenyon is a dead end … no way out.

WSB June 10, 2022 (6:06 pm)

Yes, it would be U-turn turf there, except they’ve slid the closure’s south end to SW Thistle anyway.

Freddie June 10, 2022 (6:19 pm)

Power is turned off. I am two houses away

Going Home June 10, 2022 (6:44 pm)

I passed through there on my bike just now. Fire engines were starting to move away. Its been an eventful commute home. First I saw a guy removing his fake plates to cross the lower bridge, found a bag of white powder, and this SFD response on Delridge. Have a good weekend everyone.

StopCuttingDownTrees June 11, 2022 (12:37 am)

I’ve seen so many drivers removing and reinstalling their plates that I think SDOT should provide a plate manipulation parking area on both sides of the Duwamish.
- Going Home June 11, 2022 (2:19 pm)
  
  I think they did. It’s called opening the lower bridge. This truck had the perfect timing. Bridge opened up after him, so vehicles where held up and no vehicles behind him.
- bolo June 11, 2022 (3:11 pm)
  
  LOL I see the same there all the time LOL

Hayley June 10, 2022 (7:45 pm)

We live literally Nextdoor and we weren’t evacuated. Not sure who they evacuated, but it certainly wasn’t us.

Karla June 12, 2022 (10:42 am)

This is the second incident where we live next door (the first being a major gas leak), and SFD said they evacuated nearby residents when they absolutely did not. We were never contacted and you can even see our home in the photos. Is there any way to find documentation of residents they said they notified or file a complaint?

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