8:04 PM: Multiple texters are reporting another fire at Westcrest Park, again off 8th SW, again with fireworks blamed by neighbors, and one sent the photo above. Highland Park’s Engine 11 is logged to the call – this time categorized as “rubbish fire” – right now.

9:44 PM: Checking the log again, the call finally closed around 9 pm, after an hour and a quarter.

(WSB photos unless otherwise credited)

7:06 PM: Firefighters are at 8th SW/SW Trenton right now, working to put out a “brush fire” on the west edge of Westcrest Park. The smoke was visible for miles as we headed there to check it out. Flames charred the slope at the Trenton street end too, west of a park retaining wall, close to apartment buildings.

Fireworks? 911 callers were reporting “booms.” Police are there investigating, too.

(Reader photo)

8:02 PM: An hour and a half after the first SFD crew arrived, the last one just left. Thanks to D for photo we’ve added above, showing why the smoke was visible from afar -leaping flames at one point.

The scanner is hopping with “explosion” calls all around the peninsula. In this dry time of year, this is what can result, as just reported by Rose in Admiral:

Some jerks drove up to our traffic circle at the corner of 39th and Lander and deliberately threw a loud firework into the dry grasses, which caught fire. The flames consumed about a1/4 of the vegetation before my neighbors and I managed to put it out carrying bowls of water and a watering can because no one’s hose could reach that far. We had it out by the time the firefighters arrived (bless them). The police also arrived.

1:24 AM: Mid-size callout this past half-hour for a fire in the 5000 block of 26th SW. They’ve just declared it “tapped” – out – and assessed it as an “exterior” fire. No injuries reported. We’ll follow up on the cause later this morning.

ADDED: SFD tells us, “Crews were dispatched to 5000 block of 26th Ave SW for a report of a possible electrical fire. They arrived and extinguished a small fire on the exterior of a home. No injuries were reported.”

4:55 AM: Seattle Fire has sent a sizable response to what they’re describing as a “residential fire” in the 4500 block of 36th SW [vicinity map]. Updates to come.

5:15 AM: Some responders are being dismissed, so this is winding down.

5:30 AM: SFD says the fire was in “a detached shed” and quickly controlled; no injuries reported.

MONDAY UPDATE: SFD says the fire was ruled of “undetermined” origin.

(Added: Reader photo)

9:25 PM: What started as a small response in the 8100 block of 17th SW has been upgraded to a full “fire in building” response. Updates to come.

9:27 PM: Firefighters told dispatch the fire is in the one-story house’s basement. … It’s extended through a window and caught the exterior on fire.

9:41 PM: Not out yet. But now one firefighter just radioed that the fire may have started in the “vinyl siding.” Another reiterated the earlier observation that flames came through a window and caught the siding on fire, adding that the basement electrical panel might have factored into it.

9:48 PM: City Light has arrived. The fire is reported to be under control.

10 PM: And now it’s been declared out.

3:55 PM: Seattle Fire is sending a midsize response to the 9600 block of 50th SW in the Brace Point area [vicinity map] for a garage fire. The initial dispatch described it as a “small gasoline fire in a motor” that spread and caught the structure on fire.

3:58 PM: The first arriving units declared it a “working fire” so they’re sending more units, increasing this to a full “fire in building” response.

4:00 PM: The fire is now declared “under control” so they’re canceling the plan for a larger response. … Firefighters tell dispatch the fire is fully confined to a detached 20 x 20 garage.

4:17 PM: Firefighters just told dispatch the fire’s out (“tapped”).

6:22 PM: What started as a fire-alarm call has been upgraded to a “fire in building” response in The Junction, south of California/Edmunds. The address checks to the Blake Apartments mixed-use building. SFD says the fire is on the 4th floor and is already out. Avoid the area. Updates to come.

(Added: Reader photo)

6:25 PM: SFD is already reducing the response since the fire was extinguished quickly.

6:32 PM: No reported injuries. Police say that since SFD is clearing most units, the area should reopen to traffic before too long.

We weren’t able to mention this in real time but for those who’ve since asked about a big SFD response on Harbor Island earlier this afternoon, it was in the 1600 block of SW Lander [map] shortly after 3 pm, and SFD ultimately discovered it was a vehicle on fire inside what they described as a “warehouse building.” Firefighters extinguished it and no injuries were reported.

7:17 PM: Seattle Fire is sending a big callout to the 5200 block of 45th SW, where “a caller reports seeing flames in the living room.” Updates to come.

7:20 PM: They’re reducing the response, saying it’s possibly “a TV” that caught fire (or sparked) but nothing major, and no smoke.

7:23 PM: And now they’ve further discerned that “flames on the TV” actually was “video of flames” … so they’re canceling the whole thing.

(Added: WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand)

12:51 PM: Seattle Fire is at the scene of a house fire in the 9000 block of 17th SW. Two people are reported to have gotten out safely. Traffic is blocked in the area, on 16th too. Updates to come.

1:01 PM: An extra hazard in the area reported by SFD – downed power lines at the fire site. They also have just corrected the actual fire location’s address to 9000 block of 16th, though the originally logged address was in that block of 17th.

1:10 PM: The fire has been declared under control. SFD plans to start demobilizing some of the units.

1:22 PM: Though some units are being dismissed, dispatch has just been told that the 16th SW closure at that spot will last for a while, because of not only SFD but also City Light. That means bus detours too.

1:33 PM: The revised address actually checks to this future-development, former-fire site that’s adjacent, at 16th/Barton. (Added – as shown in this photo, with that site in foreground, today’s fire site in the background, looking northwest:)

1:42 PM: They’re reopening 16th now. The fire’s cause is under investigation.

TUESDAY MORNING: SFD says its investigation determined the fire was deliberately set. We’re following up further with SPD.

(Image from SDOT camera via @SDOTtraffic)

Thanks for the tips. A briefly large Seattle Fire response was sent to The Junction this past hour for a small fire in a unit at 4730 California SW. The seventh-floor fire was extinguished quickly and most of the responding units were dismissed. This started with a small dispatch to investigate “water flow” (turned out to be the sprinklers) and then was upgraded.

4:36 PM: Seattle Fire has a big response at Nucor. SFD radio says some workers are evacuating and more to follow. Updates to come.

4:39 PM: Incident command says it “appears to be a small fire” but they are working to get power cut to the area where it’s happening.

(Photo texted by Kevin)

4:42 PM: Firefighters have just reported that the fire is “under control.” No injuries reported so far.

(Photo sent by Nona)

4:45 PM: The fire is now reported “tapped” (out). SFD will start demobilizing some of the responders.

5:35 PM: Going back to listen to the initial incident audio, we note the original dispatch was for “an oil fire under a roller in the rolling mill.”

(WSB photos/video unless otherwise credited)

9:26 AM: Seattle Fire crews are at a residential fire in the 8100 block of 16th SW and are calling for more backup. Two people are reported to need medical treatment. Avoid the area.

9:32 AM: Firefighters report the fire is under control, but one person “might be unaccounted for” inside the house.

9:37 AM: At least one person will be taken to Harborview by SFD medics.

9:41 AM: Police have been asked to extend the blocking of traffic on 16th SW northward to SW Kenyon.

10 AM: We’re at the scene. Fire out. 2 people taken to hospital. Response winding down.

10:16 AM: Just talked to SFD spokesperson David Cuerpo. The people taken to the hospital are a wife and husband, both 60; he is in critical condition. Their son is the person possibly unaccounted for but may have just shown up nearby (in need of medical attention.)

10:51 AM: Added above, video of the 2-minute media briefing. We have not yet confirmed whether that third person has been found or not. … As noted in comments, Metro has rerouted the 125 and 128 while 16th remains closed at the fire scene.

(Aerial image sent by Craig)

ADDED: No word yet on the cause, but SFD has detailed the response in this post on its blog-format Fireline site.

ADDED: The cause was officially ruled “undetermined,” SFD tells us.

(Added: Photo sent by Sean)

8:35 AM: Thanks for the tip. Seattle Fire has a “full response” at the scene of a house fire in the 6500 block of 24th SW [map].

8:38 AM: Firefighters just told dispatch they have the fire under control.

8:43 AM: And they’ve now called the fire “tapped” (out). They’re dismissing some of the responding units. No report of injuries so far.

9:31 AM: SFD’s investigator is at the scene to try to deduce what caused the fire. As the first tip reminded us, this is on city-owned property (records show the sale in 2022), in an area near Longfellow Creek that’s drawn attention for drainage issues and development controversies over the years.

ADDED MONDAY: SFD tells us their investigation ruled the fire’s cause “undetermined.”