UPDATE: Basement fire at North Admiral house

1:36 AM: Seattle Fire is headed to a possible house fire in the 2300 block of 41st SW. Dispatch says “resident reports a basement fire” and that “four adults are evacuating.” Updates to come.

1:40 AM: First crews on scene say they’re seeing only “light smoke.” They’re confirming the fire’s in the basement.

1:56 AM: No reports of injuries, nor of the fire spreading beyond the basement, so far.

1:59 AM: They’re dismissing some of the units.

2:11 AM: Fire’s out. We’ll follow up later this morning to see what investigators determine caused it.

2:05 PM: Finally some information from the police-report summary: “Patrol was advised by the Fire Marshal that the fire had started in the basement and appeared to have been intentionally set. The fire was contained, and SPD’s ABS was advised by Fire Marshal. The house has been vacant for some time and is often used by squatters.” If you have any information, the SPD incident # is 23-023360.

Pdavis February 24, 2023 (2:15 am)

Thank you for the role that you play in this community. You are the heart beat of what goes on and I greatly appreciate your relentless and wonderful participation.. Thank you!

Friend O'Dinghus February 24, 2023 (6:17 am)

Hear Hear. WSB is the glue; all the rest of us are just the glitter.
- WSB February 24, 2023 (10:54 am)
  
  Thanks for the kind words; I’d hope P meant the firefighters who had to go out in the 20-something weather. I like the glitter imagery, though. Keep shining!
  - Pdavis February 24, 2023 (11:51 am)
    
    My compliment was to you Tracy at the West Seattle blog. Yes, in addition, our firefighters and police are true heroes that are highly valued. But no, I meant you Tracy and how in the middle of the night you got right on this. Thank you for incredible deep participation in our community. It is never taken for granted and we wouldn’t be the same without you

N Admiral Rez February 24, 2023 (8:06 am)

I also saw an SPD call on Tweets by Beat to the same address at the same time for arson/bombs/explosives? Any more info on that?

WSB February 24, 2023 (10:51 am)

I have a followup inquiry out as promised regarding the fire’s cause. Please remember in general, Tweets by Beat is an automated system applying a limited range of labels to dispatches/calls, in many cases not reflecting what they turn out to be or DON’T turn out to be. (The classic example, “casualty or dead body” may be the categorization applied to something as simple as an elderly person who died of natural causes at home; also, they used to not append the call classification until a report was filed, meaning a gunfire call was confirmed gunfire, but now calls are generated immediately and a “shots” call just means they got a call from someone thinking they heard shots, which may or may not be what is or isn’t eventually found.) Anyway, will add the update when we get it! – TR
Pdavis February 24, 2023 (11:42 am)

There has been repeated dialogue in this neighborhood about that house, and some of it has included concerns for the very things that you expressed. It will be good to see what caused the fire.

Pdavis February 24, 2023 (9:36 am)

Yes … please advise the community what caused the fire. Thank you.

WSB February 24, 2023 (2:09 pm)

OK, finally some info. This is from SPD: “Patrol was advised by the Fire Marshal that the fire had started in the basement and appeared to have been intentionally set. The fire was contained, and SPD’s ABS was advised by Fire Marshal. The house has been vacant for some time and is often used by squatters.” (ABS stands for Arson/Bomb Squad, which explains the tweet seen by an earlier comment.)

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