UPDATE: Fire at Camp Second Chance, West Seattle’s only tiny-home village

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5:57 PM: SFD has a ‘fire in building” response headed to 9701 Myers Way South [map] on the southeast edge of West Seattle, site of Camp Second Chance. One of the tiny homes there is reported to be on fire, with one person reported injured. As of last week, 85 people were reported to be living in the tiny homes at CSC, which is West Seattle’s only city-authorized tiny-home village.

6:01 PM: Firefighters just told dispatch that the fire is mostly out thanks to other residents using fire extinguishers (which each unit is required to have). The injured person is reported to be out of the burned tiny home. … The incident commander is already dismissing a few of the responding units.

6:04 PM: Firefighters report that the fire was only a “contents” fire and did not burn the actual 12’x8′ structure. The injured person, meantime, is described as a man about 40 years old.

K August 4, 2025 (6:09 pm)

Glad to hear it was small. I think we saw every fire vehicle in Seattle, including heavy rescue, a ladder truck, and at least two battalion chiefs headed up 509 to the fire, so i was really worried it got big since it has been so dry. And really glad they did bring everything to fight it, since fire does spread so easily in this weather!

BDR August 4, 2025 (6:26 pm)

Great the residents had fire extinguishers to minimize the damage. Nice work by SFD too. Grateful the fire didn’t spread to other tiny houses.

Billie O August 4, 2025 (7:50 pm)

I live in the retirement community up the street from C2C. I consider the tiny village good neighbors, and am sorry this has happened to one of the residents there. Is the injured person okay?